Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Mayulestidae

Full reference: C. J. de Muizon. 1994. A new carnivorous marsupial from the Palaeocene of Bolivia and the problem of marsupial monophyly. Nature 370:208-211

Parent taxon: Metatheria according to C. Suarez et al. 2023

See also de Muizon 1994, de Muizon 1998, de Muizon 1999 and Forasiepi 2009

Sister taxa: Anatoliadelphyidae, Archaeonothos, Asiadelphia, Deltatheroida, Fieratherium, Jaskhadelphyidae, Marsupialiformes, Pappotheriidae, Pucadelphyda

Subtaxa: Allqokirus Mayulestes

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Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Tiupampa site 1, the “quarry” (Paleocene of Bolivia)

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