Szalinia de Muizon and Cifelli 2001 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Full reference: C. de Muizon and R. L. Cifelli. 2001. A new basal "didelphoid" (Marsupialia, Mammalia) from the early Paleocene of Tiupampa (Bolivia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(1):87-97

Parent taxon: Pucadelphyoidea according to C. Muizon and S. Ladevèze 2022

See also de Muizon and Cifelli 2001 and Williamson et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Aenigmadelphys, Incadelphys, Marmosopsis, Pucadelphyidae

Subtaxa: Szalinia gracilis

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Type: Szalinia gracilis

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

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

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