Carodnia inexpectans Antoine et al. 2015 (placental)

Mammalia - Xenungulata - Carodniidae

Full reference: P.-O. Antoine, G. Billet, R. Salas-Gismondi, J. T. Lara, P. Baby, S. Brusset, and N. Espurt. 2015. A New Carodnia Simpson, 1935 (Mammalia, Xenungulata) from the Early Eocene of Northwestern Peru and a Phylogeny of Xenungulates at Species Level. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 22:129-140

Belongs to Carodnia according to P.-O. Antoine et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Carodnia feruglioi, Carodnia karuen, Carodnia vieirai

Type specimen: MUSM-2025, a mandible (a fragmentary right dentary with m2 and m3 and the alveoli of m1). Its type locality is Quebrada Cabeza de Vaca, which is in an Eocene fluvial sandstone in the Mogollón Formation of Peru.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Quebrada Cabeza de Vaca

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