Marmosopsis juradoi Paula Couto 1962 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Full reference: C. Paula Couto. 1962. Didelfidos fosiles del Paleoceno de Brasil. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" 8:135-166

Belongs to Marmosopsis according to C. Paula Couto 1962

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNRJ 2343-V, a mandible (Left mandibular ramus, without symphiseal portion.). 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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