Palaeocladosictis mosesi Paula Couto 1961 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Belongs to Palaeocladosictis according to Paula Couto 1961

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNRJ 2671-V, a tooth (DP4 or P4 (originally thought to be M1 or M2)). Its type locality is São José de Itaborai, which is in an Eocene fissure fill marl in the Itaboraí Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at São José de Itaborai

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