Minusculodelphis Paula Couto 1962 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Jaskhadelphyidae

Full reference: C. Paula Couto. 1962. Didelfidos fosiles del Paleoceno de Brasil. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" 8:135-166

Parent taxon: Jaskhadelphyidae according to E. V. Oliveira et al. 2016

See also Carroll 1988, Ladaveze and Muizon 2010 and Oliveira and Goin 2011

Sister taxa: Jaskhadelphys, Kiruwamaq

Subtaxa: Minusculodelphis minimus Minusculodelphis modicum

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Type: Minusculodelphis minimus

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

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

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