Pichipilus halleuxi Marshall 1990 (marsupial)

Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Pichipilidae

Full reference: L. G. Marshall. 1990. Fossil Marsupialia from the type Friasian Land Mammal Age (Miocene), Alto Rio Cisnes, Aisen, Chile. Revista Geológica de Chile 17(1):19-55

Belongs to Pichipilus according to L. G. Marshall 1990

Sister taxa: Pichipilus centinelus, Pichipilus osborni, Pichipilus riggsi

Type specimen: MNHN 534, a mandible. Its type locality is Alto Río Cisnes, which is in a Friasian fluvial tuff/sandstone in the Río Frias Formation of Chile.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Alto Río Cisnes

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