Caroloameghinia Ameghino 1901 (marsupial)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Peradectidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1901. Notices préliminaires sur des ongulés nouveaux des terrains crétacés de Patagonie [Preliminary notes on new ungulates from the Cretaceous terrains of Patagonia]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 16:349-429

Parent taxon: Caroloameghiniidae according to G. G. Simpson 1948

See also Ameghino 1901 and Goin et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Canchadelphys, Procaroloameghinia, Protodidelphinae

Subtaxa: Caroloameghinia mater Caroloameghinia tenuis

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Type: Caroloameghinia mater

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Argentina (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences

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