†Pitheculites Ameghino 1901 (marsupial)
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Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Abderitidae
Synonym: Micrabderites Simpson 1932
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1901. L' age des Formations sedimentaires de Patagonie. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 52:189-197
Parent taxon: Abderitidae according to M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997
See also Ameghino 1902, Marshall 1980, Marshall 1990 and Tejedor and Rosenberger 2008
Sister taxa: Abderites, Abderitini, Decastis, Parabderitini, Pithiculites
Subtaxa: Pitheculites ipururensis Pitheculites minimus Pitheculites rothi
Ecology: scansorial frugivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection), Chile (1), Peru (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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