Thylamys pinei Goin et al. 2000 (fat-tailed mouse opossum)

Mammalia - Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae

Full reference: F. J. Goin, C. I. Montalvo, and G. Visconti. 2000. Los marsupiales (Mammalia) del Mioceno Superior de la Formacion Cerro Azul(Provincia de La Pampa, Argentina). Estudios Geol 56:101-126

Belongs to Thylamys according to F. J. Goin et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Thylamys colombianus, Thylamys contrerasi, Thylamys macrurus, Thylamys minutus, Thylamys pallidior, Thylamys pusillus, Thylamys venustus, Thylamys zettii

Type specimen: GHUNLP:un 2404, a mandible (right mandible fragment). Its type locality is Bajo Giuliani, which is in a Huayquerian loess siltstone in the Cerro Azul Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Huayquerian of Argentina (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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