Periprotodidelphis bergqvistae Oliveira and Goin 2011 (marsupial)

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 Periprotodidelphis according to E. V. Oliveira and F. J. Goin 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: DGM 806-M, a tooth (Left m3?). 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: found only at São José de Itaborai

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