Mammalia - Microbiotheria - Microbiotheriidae
Synonym: Clenialites Ameghino 1906 [objective synonym]
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1904. Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic]. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58:1-142
Parent taxon: Microbiotheriidae according to F. J. Goin and M. A. Abello 2013
See also Ameghino 1904, Goin et al. 2010 and Marshall 1982
Sister taxa: Clenialitidae, Dromiciops, Eomicrobiotherium, Khasia, Kirutherium, Microbiotheriinae, Microbiotherium, Mirandatherium, Oligobiotherium, Pachybiotherium
Subtaxa: Clenia brevis Clenia minuscula
Type: Clenia minuscula
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Tinguirirican of Argentina (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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