†family Carodniidae Paula Couto 1952 (placental)

Mammalia - Xenungulata - Carodniidae

Full reference: C. d. Paula Couto. 1952. Fossil mammals from the beginning of the Cenozoic in Brazil. Condylarthra, Litopterna, Xenungulata, and Astrapotheria. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 99(6):355-394

Parent taxon: Xenungulata according to J. N. Gelfo et al. 2020

See also Antoine et al. 2015, Carroll 1988, Gelfo et al. 2008, McKenna and Bell 1997, Paula Couto 1952 and Simpson 1967

Sister taxa: Etayoa, Etayoidae, Notoetayoa

Subtaxa: Carodnia Rodcania

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Argentina (1 collection), Brazil (1), Peru (1)

• Paleocene of Argentina (2)

Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences

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