Mammalia - Dasyuromorphia - Malleodectidae

Synonym: Xenodelphis Paula Couto 1962

Full reference: C. d. Paula Couto. 1952. Fossil mammals from the beginning of the Cenozoic in Brazil. Marsupialia: Didelphidae. American Museum Novitates 1567:1-26

Parent taxon: Malleodectidae according to L. M. Carneiro and É. V. Olivero 2017

See also Carroll 1988, Goin et al. 2006, Ladaveze and Muizon 2010, McKenna and Bell 1997, Oliveira and Goin 2011, Oliveira and Goin 2015 and Paula Couto 1952

Sister taxon: Malleodectes

Subtaxa: Gaylordia macrocynodonta Gaylordia mater Gaylordia mendesi

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Type: Gaylordia macrocynodonta

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at São José de Itaborai (Eocene of Brazil)

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