Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Pucadelphyidae

Full reference: L. G. Marshall and C. de Muizon. 1988. The Dawn of the Age of Mammals in South America. National Geographic Research 4:23-55

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

See also Carneiro and Oliveira 2017, Goin et al. 2009, Goin et al. 2006, Horovitz 2003, Ladaveze and Muizon 2010, Marshall and de Muizon 1988, Martin and Rauhut 2005 and Williamson et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Andinodelphys, Itaboraidelphys, Mizquedelphys

Subtaxa: Pucadelphys andinus

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Type: Pucadelphys andinus

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

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

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