Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Palaeothentidae
Full reference: T. M. Bown and J. G. Fleagle. 1993. Systematics, Biostratigraphy, and Dental Evolution of the Palaeothentidae, Later Oligocene to Early-Middle Miocene (Deseadan-Santacrucian) Caenolestoid Marsupials of South America. Memoir (The Paleontological Society) 29:1-76
Belongs to Palaeothentes according to Bown and Fleagle 1993
Sister taxa: Palaeothentes aratae, Palaeothentes boliviensis, Palaeothentes intermedius, Palaeothentes lemoinei, Palaeothentes marshalli, Palaeothentes migueli, Palaeothentes minutus, Palaeothentes pachygnathus, Palaeothentes pressiforatus, Palaeothentes primus, Palaeothentes relictus, Palaeothentes serratus, Palaeothentes smeti
Type specimen: MACN SC- 1293 (mandibular ramus)
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (2 collections), Chile (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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