Incadelphys antiquus Marshall and de Muizon 1988 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

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

Belongs to Incadelphys according to C. Muizon and S. Ladevèze 2022

See also Marshall and de Muizon 1988

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: YPFB Pal 6251, a maxilla (Left maxilla). Its type locality is Tiupampa site 1, the “quarry”, which is in a Danian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Lucía Formation of Bolivia.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Tiupampa site 1, the “quarry”

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