Mammalia - Microbiotheria - Microbiotheriidae
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
Belongs to Clenia according to F. J. Goin and M. A. Abello 2013
See also Ameghino 1904 and Marshall 1982
Sister taxon: Clenia brevis
Type specimen: MACN 52-381, a mandible (fragment of a left mandibular ramus with m1-2). Its type locality is Gran Barranca - southern cliff of lake Colhué Huapí, which is in a Colhuehuapian terrestrial horizon in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Gran Barranca - southern cliff of lake Colhué Huapí
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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