Carolopaulacoutoia McKenna and Bell 1997 (marsupial)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Sternbergiidae

Synonym: Sternbergia Paula Couto 1970

Parent taxon: Sternbergiidae according to E. V. Oliveira and F. J. Goin 2011

See also Carroll 1988, de Muizon and Cifelli 2001, Goin et al. 2006, Ladaveze and Muizon 2010 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxon: Didelphopsis

Subtaxa: Carolopaulacoutoia itaboraiensis Sternbergia waitei

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Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (1: California collection)

• Eocene of Argentina (1), Brazil (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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