†Mizquedelphys Marshall and de Muizon 1988 (metatherian)
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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
Type: Mizquedelphys pilpinensis
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution: found only at Tiupampa site 1, the “quarry” (Paleocene of Bolivia)
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