†subfamily Caroloameghiniinae Ameghino 1901 (marsupial)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Peradectidae

Alternative spellings: Caroloameghinidae, Caroloameghiniidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1901. Notices préliminaires sur des ongulés nouveaux des terrains crétacés de Patagonie [Preliminary notes on new ungulates from the Cretaceous terrains of Patagonia]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 16:349-429

Parent taxon: Peradectidae according to J.-Y. Crochet and B. Sigé 1993

See also Ameghino 1901, Aplin and Archer 1987, Goin et al. 2010, Oliveira and Goin 2011 and Simpson 1948

Sister taxa: Armintodelphys, Maastrichtidelphys, Mimoperadectes, Peradectes, Peradectinae

Subtaxa: Canchadelphys Caroloameghinia Procaroloameghinia Protodidelphinae

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Type: Caroloameghinia

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Tinguirirican of Argentina (1 collection)

• Eocene of Argentina (9), Brazil (1)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Peru (1)

Total: 12 collections including 15 occurrences

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