Andinogale Hoffstetter and Petter 1983 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Sparassodonta

Full reference: R. Hoffstetter and G. Petter. 1983. Paraborhyaena boliviana et Andinogale sallensis, deux Marsupiaux (Borhyaenidae) nouveaux du Déséadien (Oligocène inférieur) de Salla (Bolivie). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris 296:143-146

Parent taxon: Hathlyacininae according to R. Hoffstetter and G. Petter 1983

See also MacFadden et al. 1985

Sister taxa: Acyon, Acyonidae, Amphoproviverridae, Borhyaenidium, Chasicostylus, Cladictidae, Cladosictidae, Cladosictinae, Cladosictis, Contrerascynus, Notictis, Notocynus, Notogale, Patene, Perathereutes, Procladosictis, Pseudocladosictis, Pseudocladosictis determinabile, Pseudonotictis, Sallacyon, Sipalocyon

Subtaxa: Andinogale sallensis

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Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution: found only at Salla ( of Bolivia)

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