Orretherium Martinelli et al. 2021 (mammal)

Mammalia - Meridiolestida - Mesungulatidae

Full reference: A. G. Martinelli, S. Soto-Acuña, F. J. Goin, J. Kaluza, J. E. Bostelmann, P. H. M. Fonseca, M. A. Reguero, M. Leppe, and A. O. Vargas. 2021. New cladotherian mammal from southern Chile and the evolution of mesungulatid meridiolestidans at the dusk of the Mesozoic era. Scientific Reports 11:7594:1-18

Parent taxon: Mesungulatidae according to A. G. Martinelli et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Coloniatherium, Mesungulatum, Peligrotherium

Subtaxa: Orretherium tzen

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Type: Orretherium tzen

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Mammal Quarry (Río de Las Chinas Valley) (Cretaceous of Chile)

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