Cocatherium Goin et al. 2006 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Polydolopimorphia

Full reference: F. J. Goin, R. Pascual, M. F. Tejedor, J. N. Gelfo, M. O. Woodburne, J. A. Case, M. A. Reguero, M. Bond, G. M. Lopez, A. L. Cione, D. Udrizar Sauthier, L. Balarino, R. A. Scasso, F. A. Medina, and M. C. Ubaldon. 2006. The earliest Tertiary therian mammal from South America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(2):505-510

Parent taxon: Polydolopimorphia according to L. M. Carneiro and E. V. Oliveira 2017

See also Goin et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Apeirodon, Argyrolagidae, Bobbschaefferia, Bonapartheriidae, Bonapartheriiformes, Chulpasiinae, Gashterniidae, Glasbiidae, Hatcheriformes, Polydolopidae, Polydolopiformes, Polydolopoidea, Prepidolopidae, Prepidolops, Pujatodon, Roberthoffstetteria, Wamradolops

Subtaxa: Cocatherium lefipanum

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Type: Cocatherium lefipanum

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Grenier Farm (Paleocene of Argentina)

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