†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: Lemmythentes, Minusculothentes, Palaeothentidae, Panchothentes, Pichipilidae, Zeballothentes
Subtaxa: Abderites Abderitini Decastis Parabderitini Pitheculites Pithiculites
Type: Abderitini
Ecology: scansorial frugivore
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