Order Microbiotheria Ameghino 1899 (marsupial)

Mammalia - Microbiotheria

Parent taxon: Australidelphia according to F. J. Goin and M. A. Abello 2013

See also Ladaveze and Muizon 2010, Munemasa et al. 2006, Nowak 1991, Oliveira and Goin 2011, Phillips et al. 2001, Springer et al. 1994 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxa: Bulungu, Diprotodontia, Djarthia, Eometatheria, Notoryctemorphia, Peramelemorphia, Peramelia, Peramelina, Yalkaparidontia

Subtaxa: Microbiotheriidae Woodburnodontidae

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Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (21 collections), Chile (1), Colombia (1)

• Oligocene of Argentina (1), Peru (3)

• Tinguirirican of Argentina (1)

• Eocene of Antarctica (3), Argentina (4), Brazil (1)

• Paleocene of Bolivia (1)

Total: 37 collections including 75 occurrences

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