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Marmosa contrerasi

Mammalia - Didelphimorphia

Taxonomy
Marmosa contrerasi was named by Mones (1980). Its type specimen is SPV-FHC No 6-XI-66-156, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Barrancas de Monte Hermoso, which is in a Montehermosan terrestrial horizon in the Monte Hermoso Formation of Argentina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. cinerea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Marmosa contrerasi Mones p. 160

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AmeridelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDidelphimorphiaGill 1872
—Didelphidae()
subfamilyMarmosinaeReig et al. 1987
tribeMarmosiniReig et al. 1987
genusMarmosaGray 1821
speciescontrerasi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Marmosa contrerasi Mones 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:57:23
Modified: 2005-09-07 11:57:23
Source: g = genus, subf = subfamily, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Clemens 1979, Goin 1997, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: Montehermosan or 5.00000 to 3.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) Marmosa contrerasi (type locality: 145757)