Pilchenia lucina Ameghino 1904

Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Caenolestidae

Alternative combination: Palaeothentes lucina

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1904. Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic]. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58:1-142

Belongs to Pilchenia according to T. M. Bown and J. G. Fleagle 1993

See also Ameghino 1904 and Patterson and Marshall 1978

Sister taxa: Pilchenia antiqua, Pilchenia intermedia, Pilchenia lobata

Distribution: found only at Cabeza Blanca ( of Argentina)

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