Propalaeothentes lepidus Bown and Fleagle 1993 (marsupial)

Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Palaeothentidae

Full reference: T. M. Bown and J. G. Fleagle. 1993. Systematics, Biostratigraphy, and Dental Evolution of the Palaeothentidae, Later Oligocene to Early-Middle Miocene (Deseadan-Santacrucian) Caenolestoid Marsupials of South America. Memoir (The Paleontological Society) 29:1-76

Belongs to Propalaeothentes according to T. M. Bown and J. G. Fleagle 1993

Sister taxon: Propalaeothentes hatcheri

Type specimen: MACN 5678 (left p3-m4)

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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