†subfamily Acdestinae Bown and Fleagle 1993 (marsupial)

Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Palaeothentidae

Full reference: T. M. Bown and J. G. Fleagle. 1993. Systematics, Biostratigraphy, and Dental Evolution of the Palaeothentidae, Later Oligocene to Early-Middle Miocene (Deseadan-Santacrucian) Caenolestoid Marsupials of South America. Memoir (The Paleontological Society) 29:1-76

Parent taxon: Palaeothentidae according to T. M. Bown and J. G. Fleagle 1993

Sister taxa: Acdestis, Antawallathentes, Chimeralestes, Decastinae, Palaeothentes, Palaeothentinae, Parabderites, Sasawatsu, Titanothentes

Subtaxa: Acdestodon Acdestoides Trelewthentes

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Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Deseadan of Argentina (1 collection)

• Oligocene of Argentina (1)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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