Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Palaeothentidae
Full reference: R. K. Engelman, F. Anaya, and D. A. Croft. 2017. New palaeothentid marsupials (Paucituberculata) from the middle Miocene of Quebrada Honda, Bolivia, and their implications for the palaeoecology, decline and extinction of the Palaeothentoidea. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15(10):787-820
Belongs to Palaeothentes according to R. K. Engelman et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Palaeothentes aratae, Palaeothentes boliviensis, Palaeothentes intermedius, Palaeothentes lemoinei, Palaeothentes marshalli, Palaeothentes migueli, Palaeothentes minutus, Palaeothentes pachygnathus, Palaeothentes pascuali, Palaeothentes pressiforatus, Palaeothentes primus, Palaeothentes serratus, Palaeothentes smeti
Type specimen: UATF-V-001774, a mandible (right dentary fragment preserving m1–2)
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Palaeothentes relictus in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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