†Riolestes capricornicus 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
Belongs to Riolestes according to F. J. Goin et al. 2009
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MCN-PV 1790, a tooth (m1). Its type locality is São José de Itaborai, which is in an Eocene fissure fill marl in the Itaboraí Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution: found only at São José de Itaborai
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