Chulpasia mattaueri Crochet and Sigé 1993 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Polydolopimorphia

Full reference: J.-Y. Crochet and B. Sigé. 1993. Les mammifères de Chulpas (Formation Umayo, Transition Crétacé-Tertiaire, Pérou): données préliminaires. Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie de Lyon 125:97-107

Belongs to Chulpasia according to Crochet and Sigé 1993

Sister taxon: Chulpasia jimthorselli

Type specimen: CHU 30, a tooth (Left M 1 or 2). Its type locality is Laguna Umayo, Chulpas level, which is in a Thanetian/Ypresian lacustrine conglomerate/sandstone in the Muñani Formation of Peru.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Laguna Umayo, Chulpas level

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