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Microbiotherium praecursor
Taxonomy
Proteodidelphys praecursor was named by Ameghino (1898). Its type specimen is MACN 10799, a mandible (right mandible with alveoli of i1-2 and i3-m4 complete (more teeth present originally but since lost)), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Proteodidelphys Fauna, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
It was recombined as Microbiotherium praecursor by Marshall (1982).
It was recombined as Microbiotherium praecursor by Marshall (1982).
Synonymy list
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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.
†Microbiotherium praecursor Ameghino 1898
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available