Mizquedelphys Marshall and de Muizon 1988 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Pucadelphyidae

Full reference: L. G. Marshall and C. de Muizon. 1988. The Dawn of the Age of Mammals in South America. National Geographic Research 4:23-55

Parent taxon: Pucadelphyidae according to C. Muizon and S. Ladevèze 2022

See also Marshall and de Muizon 1988

Sister taxa: Andinodelphys, Itaboraidelphys, Pucadelphys

Subtaxa: Mizquedelphys pilpinensis

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Type: Mizquedelphys pilpinensis

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Tiupampa site 1, the “quarry” (Paleocene of Bolivia)

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