Itaboraidelphys Marshall and de Muizon 1984 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Pucadelphyidae

Full reference: L. G. Marshall and C. de Muizon. 1984. Un nouveau Marsupial didelphidé (Itaboraidelphys camposi nov. gen., nov. sp.) du Paléocène moyen (Itaboraïen) de Sao José de Itaborai (Brésil) l. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris, series II 299(18):1297-1300

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

See also Goin et al. 2006, Ladaveze and Muizon 2010, Marshall and de Muizon 1984 and Oliveira and Goin 2011

Sister taxa: Andinodelphys, Mizquedelphys, Pucadelphys

Subtaxa: Itaboraidelphys camposi

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Type: Itaboraidelphys camposi

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Argentina (1 collection), Brazil (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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