†Riolestes Goin et al. 2009 (marsupial)
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Full reference: F. J. Goin, A. M. Candela, M. A. Abello and E. V. Oliveira. 2009. Earliest South American paucituberculatans and their significance in the understanding of ‘pseudodiprotodont’ marsupial radiations. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155:867-884
Parent taxon: Paucituberculata according to F. J. Goin et al. 2009
See also Oliveira and Goin 2011
Sister taxa: Bardalestes, Caenolestoidea, Caroloameghinioidea, Evolestes, Palaeothentoidea
Subtaxa: Riolestes capricornicus
Type: Riolestes capricornicus
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution: found only at São José de Itaborai (Eocene of Brazil)
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