†Salamancatherium Goin et al. 2022 (metatherian)
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Mammalia - Polydolopimorphia - Bonapartheriidae
Full reference: F. Goin, J. Gelfo, E. Ortiz-Jaureguizar, A. Forasiepi, A. Candela, C. Vieytes, and G. Cladera. 2022. Mamíferos del Banco Negro Inferior, Formación Salamanca, Cuenca del Golfo de San Jorge. Geología y recursos naturales de la provincia de Chubut 1029-1053
Parent taxon: Bonapartheriidae according to F. Goin et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Bonapartherium, Epidolopinae
Subtaxa: Salamancatherium lacerum
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution: found only at Punta Peligro (Paleocene of Argentina)
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