Roberthoffstetteria Marshall et al. 1983 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Polydolopimorphia

Full reference: L. G. Marshall, C. De Muizon, and B. Sigé. 1983. Late Cretaceous mammals (Marsupalia) from Bolivia. Géobios 16(6):739-745

Parent taxon: Polydolopimorphia according to L. M. Carneiro and E. V. Oliveira 2017

See also Chornogubsky and Goin 2015, de Muizon and Cifelli 2001, Goin et al. 2003, Goin et al. 2009, Goin et al. 2006, Marshall and de Muizon 1988 and Williamson et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Apeirodon, Argyrolagidae, Bobbschaefferia, Bonapartheriidae, Bonapartheriiformes, Chulpasiinae, Cocatherium, Gashterniidae, Glasbiidae, Hatcheriformes, Polydolopidae, Polydolopiformes, Polydolopoidea, Prepidolopidae, Prepidolops, Pujatodon, Wamradolops

Subtaxa: Roberthoffstetteria nationalgeographica

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Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Tiupampa site 1, the “quarry” (Paleocene of Bolivia)

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