Mammalia - Tribosphenida

Full reference: L. Carneiro, H. Bampi, C. Rangel, B. Guimarães, R. Silva and E. Oliveira. 2024. A new metatherian (Mammalia) from the Itaboraí basin (Early Eocene), Brazil: Implications to trophic niche partitioning between large-sized “didelphoid-like” metatherians. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 139(78):104895

Parent taxon: Marsupialiformes according to L. Carneiro et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Adelodelphys, Alphadontidae, Anchistodelphys, Arcantiodelphys, Archimetatheria, Asiatherium, Bistius, Dakotadens, Iugomortiferum, Kokopellia, Marsupialia, Pediomyoidea, Polydolopimorphia, Protalphadon, Sinbadelphys, Sparassodonta, Stagodontidae

Subtaxa: Xenocynus crypticus

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Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at São José de Itaborai (Eocene of Brazil)

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