Lutreolina materdei Goin and De los Reyes 2011 (lutrine opossum)

Mammalia - Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae

Full reference: F. J. Goin and M. De los Reyes. 2011. ContribuciĆ³n al conocimiento de los representantes extintos de Lutreolina Thomas, 1910 (Mammalia, Marsupialia, Didelphidae). Historia Natural 1(2):15-25

Belongs to Lutreolina according to F. J. Goin and M. De los Reyes 2011

Sister taxa: Lutreolina biforata, Lutreolina crassicaudata, Lutreolina tonnii, Lutreolina tracheia

Type specimen: LACM 135345, a tooth (isolated rigth m1). Its type locality is Patos, Rio Acre, which is in a Miocene alluvial fan conglomerate/sandstone in the Solimoes Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Patos, Rio Acre

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