Andinogale sallensis 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

Belongs to Andinogale according to R. Hoffstetter and G. Petter 1983

See also MacFadden et al. 1985

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN SAL 92, a partial skull. Its type locality is Salla, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial horizon in the Salla Formation of Bolivia.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution: found only at Salla

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