†Minusculodelphis minimus Paula Couto 1962 (metatherian)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Jaskhadelphyidae
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 Minusculodelphis according to E. V. Oliveira et al. 2016
See also Paula Couto 1962
Sister taxon: Minusculodelphis modicum
Type specimen: MNRJ 2342-V, a mandible (Left mandibular ramus, incomplete). 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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