Mammalia - Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Full reference: F. J. Goin, N. L. Zimicz, M. Reyes and L. Soibelzon. 2009. A new large didelphid of the genus Thylophorops (Mammalia: Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae), from the late Tertiary of the Pampean Region (Argentina). Zootaxa 2005:35-46
Belongs to Thylophorops according to F. J. Goin et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Thylophorops chapalmalensis, Thylophorops perplana
Type specimen: MLP 08-III-10-1, a partial skull (a fragment of skull preserving the left maxilla, and a left dentary preserving the second premolar (p2), the deciduous premolar (dp3) and an erupting third mola). Its type locality is Punta San Andres, which is in a Pliocene cave claystone/carbonate in the San Andres Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: scansorial omnivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Punta San Andres
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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