Diogenesia brevirostris Oliveira et al. 2021 (marsupial)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Derorhynchidae

Full reference: E. V. Oliveira, L. M. Carneiro, and F. J. Goin. 2021. A new derorhynchid (Mammalia, Metatheria) from the early Eocene Itaboraí fauna of Brazil with comments on its affinities. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 93(Suppl.2):e20201554

Belongs to Diogenesia according to E. V. Oliveira et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: DGM 650-M, a mandible (incomplete right dentary with alveoli of p1-2, roots of p3-m1, and complete m2-4). Its type locality is São José de Itaborai, which is in an Eocene fissure fill marl in the Itaboraí Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at São José de Itaborai

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