Alternative combination: Notictis ortizi
Synonym: Didelphys curvidens Burmeister 1891 [objective synonym]
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1889. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic]. Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6:xxxii-1027
Belongs to Notictis according to F. J. Goin et al. 2013
See also Ameghino 1889, Marshall 1978 and Marshall 1981
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Notictis ortizii: MACN 3996, a mandible (left mandibular ramus with alveoli of c, p1-m2 complete, m2-4 present but broken). Its type locality is Barrancas del Rio Parana, which is in a Tortonian marginal marine siltstone/sandstone in the Entre Rios Formation of Argentina.
- Didelphys curvidens: MACN 3996, a mandible (left mandibular ramus with alveoli of c, p1-m2 complete, m2-4 present but broken).
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Huayquerian of Argentina (1 collection)
• Miocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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