Caenolestoides Abello et al. 2021 (marsupial)

Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Caenolestidae

Full reference: M. A. Abello, G. M. Martin, and Y. Cardoso. 2021. Review of the extinct ‘shrew-opossums’ (Marsupialia: Caenolestidae), with descriptions of two new genera and three new species from the Early Miocene of southern South America. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 1-35

Parent taxon: Caenolestidae according to M. A. Abello et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Caenolestes, Caenolestinae, Eomannodon, Gaimanlestes, Perulestes, Pliolestes, Progarzonia, Rhyncholestes, Stilotherium, Halmadromus, Metaepanorthus, Halmaselus, Essoprion, Callomenus, Pilchenia, Palaepanorthus, Prepanorthus, Paraepanorthus, Epanorthus

Subtaxa: Caenolestoides miocaenicus

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Type: Caenolestoides miocaenicus

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Gran Barranca - southern cliff of lake Colhué Huapí (Miocene of Argentina)

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