Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Dryolestidae
Full reference: J. F. Bonaparte. 1986. Sobre Mesungulatum houusayi y nuevos mamíferos Cretácicos de Patagonia, Argentina [On Mesungulatum houssayi and new Cretaceous mammals from Patagonia, Argentina]. Actas del IV Congreso Argentino de Paleontología y Biostratigrafía 2:48-61
Belongs to Groebertherium according to G. W. Rougier et al. 2009
See also Bonaparte 1986, Bonaparte 1990 and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004
Sister taxon: Groebertherium novasi
Type specimen: MACN-RN 13, a tooth (left upper molar). Its type locality is Los Alamitos vertebrates, middle section, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian lacustrine - large siltstone/sandstone in the Los Alamitos Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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