Leonardus cuspidatus Bonaparte 1990 (mammal)

Mammalia - Meridiolestida

Full reference: J. F. Bonaparte. 1990. New Late Cretaceous mammals from the Los Alamitos Formation, Northern Patagonia. National Geographic Research 6(1):63-93

Belongs to Leonardus according to J. F. Bonaparte 1990

See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MACN-RN 172, a maxilla (partial left maxilla). Its type locality is Cerrito del Mamifero, Los Alamitos vertebrates, middle section, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian lacustrine - large lime mudstone in the Los Alamitos Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Cerrito del Mamifero, Los Alamitos vertebrates, middle section

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