Wirunodon Goin and Candela 2004 (marsupial)

Mammalia - Marsupialia

Full reference: F. J. Goin and A. M. Candela. 2004. New Paleogene Marsupials from the Amazon Basin of Eastern Peru. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series 40:15-60

Parent taxon: Marsupialia according to F. J. Goin and A. M. Candela 2004

Sister taxon: Diprotodonta

Subtaxa: Wirunodon chanku

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Type: Wirunodon chanku

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Santa Rosa (LACM Loc. 6289) (Oligocene of Peru)

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