Gaylordia mater Oliveira and Goin 2015 (marsupial)

Mammalia - Dasyuromorphia - Malleodectidae

Full reference: E. V. Oliveira and F. J. Goin. 2015. A new species of Gaylordia Paula Couto (Mammalia, Metatheria) from Itaboraí, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 18(1):97-108

Belongs to Gaylordia according to E. V. Oliveira and F. J. Goin 2015

Sister taxa: Gaylordia macrocynodonta, Gaylordia mendesi

Type specimen: DGM 810-M, a mandible (partial right dentary with complete m2-4). Its type locality is São José de Itaborai, which is in an Eocene fissure fill marl in the Itaboraí Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at São José de Itaborai

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