Mammalia - Microbiotheria - Microbiotheriidae

Alternative combination: Prodidelphys acicula

Synonyms: Prodidelphys obtusa Ameghino 1891, Prodidelphys pavita Ameghino 1891

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1891. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles descubiertos por Carlos Ameghino en el Eoceno inferior de la Patagonia austral. – Especies nuevas, adiciones y correcciones [New remains of fossil mammals discovered by Carlos Ameghino in the lower Eocene of southern Patagonia. – New species, additions, and corrections]. Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1:289-328

Belongs to Microbiotherium according to L. Marshall 1982

See also Abello et al. 2012, Ameghino 1891 and Ameghino 1894

Sister taxa: Microbiotherium gallegosense, Microbiotherium patagonicum, Microbiotherium praecursor, Microbiotherium tehuelchum

Type specimens:

• Microbiotherium acicula: MACN 5735, a mandible (a fragment of a right mandibular ramus with alveoli of i1-4 and m2, and c-m1 complete)
• Prodidelphys obtusa: MACN 5737, a mandible (a fragment of a left mandibular ramus with alveoli of i1-p3, and c complete). Its type locality is Cerro Observatorio, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.
• Prodidelphys pavita: MACN 5736, a mandible (a fragment of a left mandibular ramus with alveoli of i1-c and m1-3, and with p1-3 complete). Its type locality is Cerro Observatorio, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

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