Mammalia - Polydolopimorphia - Argyrolagidae

Full reference: A. A. Carlini, R. Pascual, and F. J. Goin. 2007. A new argyrolagid marsupial from the Early Miocene of Patagonia (Argentina). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 245(3):323-330

Belongs to Anargyrolagus according to A. A. Carlini et al. 2007

See also Abello and Candela 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MACN-Ch 1305, a maxilla (right maxillary fragment with P3-M2, alveoli of C-P2, and anterior portion of alveoli of M3; fragment of the septum separating the incisive and maxillary fenest). Its type locality is Southern Cliff of lower Chubut River Valley, near Gaiman, which is in a Colhuehuapian paralic mudstone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Southern Cliff of lower Chubut River Valley, near Gaiman

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.