†Carodnia vieirai Paula Couto 1952 (placental)
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Mammalia - Xenungulata - Carodniidae
Full reference: C. d. Paula Couto. 1952. Fossil mammals from the beginning of the Cenozoic in Brazil. Condylarthra, Litopterna, Xenungulata, and Astrapotheria. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 99(6):355-394
Belongs to Carodnia according to P.-O. Antoine et al. 2015
See also Paula Couto 1952
Sister taxa: Carodnia feruglioi, Carodnia inexpectans, Carodnia karuen
Type specimen: DGM 333-M, a maxilla (Fragments of right and left maxillae). Its type locality is São José de Itaborai, which is in an Eocene fissure fill marl in the Itaboraí Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at São José de Itaborai
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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