Metaepanorthus Ameghino 1894 (marsupial)

Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Caenolestidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1894. Enumeration synoptique des especes de mammifères fossiles des formations éocènes de Patagonie. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Cordoba (Republica Argentina) 13:259-452

Parent taxon: Epanorthidae according to F. Ameghino 1894

Sister taxa: Caenolestes, Caenolestinae, Caenolestoides, Eomannodon, Gaimanlestes, Perulestes, Pliolestes, Progarzonia, Rhyncholestes, Stilotherium, Halmadromus, Halmaselus, Essoprion, Callomenus, Pilchenia, Palaepanorthus, Prepanorthus, Paraepanorthus, Epanorthus

Subtaxa: Metaepanorthus complicatus

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Metaepanorthus in the database

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