†Coona pattersoni Simpson 1948 (marsupial)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Derorhynchidae
Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1948. The beginning of the age of mammals in South America. Part I. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 91:1-232
Belongs to Coona according to G. G. Simpson 1948
See also Marshall 1982
Sister taxa: Coona gaudryi, Coona gutierrezi
Type specimen: AMNH 28907, a mandible (left lower jaw with alveoli of P4-M2, whole crown of M3, and M4 with trigonid broken). Its type locality is Cañadon Hondo, Bird Clay locality, which is in a Casamayoran lacustrine claystone/tuff in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution: found only at Cañadon Hondo, Bird Clay locality
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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