Mammalia - Dasyuromorphia - Malleodectidae

Full reference: M. Archer, S. J. Hand, K. H. Black, R. M. D. Beck, D. A. Arena, L. A. B. Wilson, S. Kealy and T.-t. Hung. 2016. A new family of bizarre durophagous carnivorous marsupials from Miocene deposits in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northwestern Queensland. Scientific Reports 6:26911

Parent taxon: Dasyuromorphia according to L. M. Carneiro and É. V. Olivero 2017

See also Archer et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Ankotarinja, Dasylurinja, Dasyuroidea, Joculusium, Keeuna, Myrmecobiidae, Wakamatha

Subtaxa: Gaylordia Malleodectes

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Type: Remingtonocetidae

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

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

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