†Gashternia Simpson 1935 (marsupial)
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Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1935. Descriptions of the oldest known South American mammals, from the Rio Chico Formation. American Museum Novitates 793:1-25
Parent taxon: Marsupialia according to G. G. Simpson 1948
See also McKenna and Bell 1997, Oliveira and Goin 2011 and Simpson 1935
Sister taxa: Marsupicarnivora, Leptodactyla, Macrotarsi, Phalangistadae
Subtaxa: Gashternia carioca Gashternia ctalehor
Type: Gashternia ctalehor
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Argentina (2 collections), Brazil (1)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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