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Lutreolina (lutrine opossum)

Osteichthyes - Didelphimorphia

Taxonomy
Lutreolina was named by Thomas (1910). It is extant.

It was assigned to Didelphidae by Carroll (1988), Springer et al. (1994); and to Didelphini by Patton et al. (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Lutreolina Thomas
1988Lutreolina Carroll
1994Lutreolina Springer et al. p. 86
1996Lutreolina Patton et al. p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
AmeridelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDidelphimorphiaGill 1872
Didelphidae()
subfamilyDidelphinaeGray 1827
tribeDidelphiniCrochet 1979
genusLutreolinaThomas 1910

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Lutreolina Thomas 1910 [lutrine opossum]
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Lutreolina biforata Ameghino 1904
Lutreolina crassicaudata Desmarest 1804 [lutrine opossum]
Lutreolina materdei Goin and De los Reyes 2011
Lutreolina tonnii Goin and De Los Reyes 2023
Lutreolina tracheia Rovereto 1914
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2013-05-24 08:50:31
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Huayquerian to the top of the Holocene or 8.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Brazil (Acre) Lutreolina materdei (134808)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (La Pampa) Lutreolina sp. (87198)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Catamarca) Lutreolina sp. (176757)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) Lutreolina biforata, Lutreolina tracheia (198863) Lutreolina sp. (152081)
Chapadmalalan3.8 - 3.0Argentina (Córdoba) Lutreolina sp. (202212)
Chapadmalalan3.8 - 3.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Lutreolina crassicaudata (14176 14177) Lutreolina tracheia (199154 199156)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Argentina (Córdoba) Lutreolina sp. (225604)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Bolivia (Tarija ) Lutreolina crassicaudata (70673)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Argentina (Buenos Aires) Lutreolina tonnii (225534 232030)
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Argentina (Buenos Aires) Lutreolina sp. (151503 151504)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Lutreolina crassicaudata (211634)