Mammalia - Microbiotheria - Microbiotheriidae

Synonym: Mirandaia ribeiroi Paula Couto 1952 [replaced name]

Full reference: C. Paula Couto. 1952. A new name for Mirandaia ribeiroi Paula Couto, 1952. Journal of Mammalogy 33(4):503

Belongs to Mirandatherium according to C. Paula Couto 1952

See also Paula Couto 1952

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Mirandatherium alipioi: MNRJ 1359-V, a mandible (Middle fragment of right mandibular ramus)
• Mirandaia ribeiroi: MNRJ 1359-V, a mandible (Median fragment of right mandibular ramus). 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 (Eocene of Brazil)

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