Antawallathentes illimani Rincón et al. 2015 (marsupial)

Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Palaeothentidae

Full reference: A. D. Rincón, B. J. Shockey, F. Anaya and A. Solórzano. 2015. Palaeothentid Marsupials of the Salla Beds of Bolivia (Late Oligocene): Two New Species and Insights into the Post-Eocene Radiation of Palaeothentoids. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 22(4):455-471

Belongs to Antawallathentes according to A. D. Rincón et al. 2015

Sister taxon: Antawallathentes quinzacruza

Type specimen: UATF-V-7001, a partial skull. Its type locality is Tapial Pampa East, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial horizon in the Salla Beds Formation of Bolivia.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Tapial Pampa East

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