†Pitheculites rothi Marshall 1990 (marsupial)
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Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Abderitidae
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 Pitheculites according to L. G. Marshall 1990
Sister taxa: Pitheculites ipururensis, Pitheculites minimus
Type specimen: MNHN 535, 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 frugivore
Distribution: found only at Alto Río Cisnes
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