†Didelphis crucialis Ameghino 1904 (large American opossum)
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Mammalia - Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Synonym: Hyperdidelphys brachyodonta Reig 1952
Belongs to Didelphis according to Ameghino 1904
Sister taxa: Didelphis albiventris, Didelphis aurita, Didelphis marsupialis, Didelphis solimoensis, Didelphis virginiana, Didelphys
Ecology: scansorial omnivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Barranca Parodi (Zone of Paraglyptodon chapadmalensis) (Pliocene of Argentina)
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