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
Belongs to Orretherium according to A. G. Martinelli et al. 2021
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CPAP-5007, a mandible (partial left dentary). Its type locality is Mammal Quarry (Río de Las Chinas Valley), which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian floodplain mudstone in the Dorotea Formation of Chile.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Mammal Quarry (Río de Las Chinas Valley)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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