Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Palaeothentidae
Full reference: B. Patterson and L. G. Marshall. 1978. The Deseadan, Early Oligocene, Marsupialia of South America. Fieldiana Geology 41(2):1-100
Belongs to Palaeothentes according to B. Patterson and L. G. Marshall 1978
Sister taxa: Palaeothentes aratae, Palaeothentes intermedius, Palaeothentes lemoinei, Palaeothentes marshalli, Palaeothentes migueli, Palaeothentes minutus, Palaeothentes pachygnathus, Palaeothentes pascuali, Palaeothentes pressiforatus, Palaeothentes primus, Palaeothentes relictus, Palaeothentes serratus, Palaeothentes smeti
Type specimen: PU (Princeton University) 21977, a mandible (Fragment of a right mandibular ramus with P3-M1.). Its type locality is Branisa locality V-2 (Salla Fauna), which is in a Deseadan terrestrial horizon in Bolivia.
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Deseadan of Bolivia (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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