Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Parent taxon: Caenolestidae according to F. J. Goin et al. 2009
See also Abello et al. 2021, Marshall 1980, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Pascual and Herrera 1973
Sister taxa: Caenolestes, Caenolestinae, Caenolestoides, Eomannodon, Gaimanlestes, Perulestes, Progarzonia, Rhyncholestes, Stilotherium, Paraepanorthus, Epanorthus, Palaepanorthus, Pilchenia, Halmadromus, Essoprion, Callomenus, Halmaselus, Prepanorthus, Metaepanorthus
Subtaxa: Pliolestes tripotamicus Pliolestes venetus
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Argentina (2 collections)
• Montehermosan of Argentina (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (3)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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