Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Protodidelphidae
Full reference: E. V. Oliveira and F. J. Goin. 2011. A reassessment of bunodont metatherians from the Paleogene of Itaborai (Brazil): Systematics and the age of the Itaborian SALMA. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 14(2):105-136
Belongs to Guggenheimia according to E. V. Oliveira and F. J. Goin 2011
Sister taxa: Guggenheimia brasiliensis, Guggenheimia glykeia
Type specimen: DGM 314-M, a mandible (Incomplete left dentary). 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:
• Eocene of Argentina (1 collection), Brazil (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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