Bergqvistherium primigenia Carneiro 2018 (marsupial)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Protodidelphidae

Full reference: L. M. Carneiro. 2018. A new protodidelphid (Mammalia, Marsupialia, Didelphimorphia) from the Itaboraí Basin and its implications for the evolution of the Protodidelphidae. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências

Belongs to Bergqvistherium according to L. M. Carneiro 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MCT 4387-M, a tooth (Left M3). Its type locality is São José de Itaborai, which is in an Eocene fissure fill marl in the Itaboraí Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at São José de Itaborai

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