Chimeralestes Engelman et al. 2017 (marsupial)

Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Palaeothentidae

Full reference: R. K. Engelman, F. Anaya, and D. A. Croft. 2017. New palaeothentid marsupials (Paucituberculata) from the middle Miocene of Quebrada Honda, Bolivia, and their implications for the palaeoecology, decline and extinction of the Palaeothentoidea. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15(10):787-820

Parent taxon: Palaeothentidae according to R. K. Engelman et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Acdestinae, Acdestis, Antawallathentes, Decastinae, Palaeothentes, Palaeothentinae, Parabderites, Sasawatsu, Titanothentes

Subtaxa: Chimeralestes ambiguus

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Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Chimeralestes in the database

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