Canchadelphys Goin et al. 2010 (marsupial)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Peradectidae

Full reference: F. J. Goin, M. A. Abello, and L. Chornogubsky. 2010. Middle Tertiary marsupials from central Patagonia (early Oligocene of Gran Barranca): understanding South America's Grande Coupure. The Paleontology of Gran Barranca: Evolution and Environmental Change through the Middle Cenozoic of Patagonia 69-105

Parent taxon: Caroloameghiniidae according to F. J. Goin et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Caroloameghinia, Procaroloameghinia, Protodidelphinae

Subtaxa: Canchadelphys cristata

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Type: Canchadelphys cristata

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at La Cancha ( of Argentina)

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