†Acdestis maddeni Goin et al. 2003 (marsupial)
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Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Palaeothentidae
Full reference: F. Goin, M. R. Sánchez-Villagra, R. F. Kay, F. Anaya-Daza, and M. Takai. 2003. New palaeothentid marsupial from the middle Miocene of Bolivia. Palaeontology 46(2):307-315
Belongs to Acdestis according to F. Goin et al. 2003
See also Engelman et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Acdestis elatus, Acdestis lemairei, Acdestis oweni, Acdestis parvus, Acdestis spegazzinii
Type specimen: MNHN-Pal-Bol-V-4000, a partial skull. Its type locality is Rio Rosario, which is in a Laventan fluvial claystone in Bolivia.
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution: found only at Rio Rosario
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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