†Jaskhadelphys Marshall and de Muizon 1988 (metatherian)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Jaskhadelphyidae
Full reference: L. G. Marshall and C. de Muizon. 1988. The Dawn of the Age of Mammals in South America. National Geographic Research 4:23-55
Parent taxon: Jaskhadelphyidae according to E. V. Oliveira et al. 2016
See also Marshall and de Muizon 1988 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Kiruwamaq, Minusculodelphis
Subtaxa: Jaskhadelphys minutus
Type: Jaskhadelphys minutus
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution: found only at Tiupampa site 1, the “quarry” (Paleocene of Bolivia)
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