Allqokirus Marshall and de Muizon 1988 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Mayulestidae

Full reference: L. G. Marshall and C. de Muizon. 1988. The Dawn of the Age of Mammals in South America. National Geographic Research 4:23-55

Parent taxon: Mayulestidae according to C. Muizon et al. 2018

See also de Muizon 1998, de Muizon 1999, Goin et al. 2006 and Marshall and de Muizon 1988

Sister taxon: Mayulestes

Subtaxa: Allqokirus australis

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Type: Allqokirus australis

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Tiupampa site 1, the “quarry” (Paleocene of Bolivia)

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