†family Abderitidae Ameghino 1889 (marsupial)

Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Abderitidae

Alternative spellings: Abderitesidae, Abderitinae

Parent taxon: Palaeothentoidea according to F. J. Goin et al. 2009

See also Abello et al. 2012, Abello and Rubilar-Rogers 2012, Ameghino 1891, Ameghino 1894, Dumont and Brown 1997, Kramarz et al. 2010, Marshall 1980 and Patterson and Marshall 1978

Sister taxa: Palaeothentidae, Pichipilidae

Subtaxa: Abderites Abderitini Decastis Parabderitini Pitheculites Pithiculites

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Type: Abderitini

Ecology: scansorial frugivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (9 collections), Brazil (1), Chile (2), Colombia (1), Peru (1)

• Oligocene of Peru (3)

Total: 17 collections including 20 occurrences

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