†Pliolestes Reig 1955 (marsupial)
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Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Caenolestidae
Parent taxon: Caenolestidae according to F. J. Goin et al. 2009
See also Abello et al. 2021, Marshall 1980, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Pascual and Herrera 1973
Sister taxa: Caenolestes, Caenolestinae, Caenolestoides, Eomannodon, Gaimanlestes, Perulestes, Progarzonia, Rhyncholestes, Stilotherium, Callomenus, Pilchenia, Metaepanorthus, Epanorthus, Halmaselus, Paraepanorthus, Essoprion, Prepanorthus, Palaepanorthus, Halmadromus
Subtaxa: Pliolestes tripotamicus Pliolestes venetus
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Argentina (3 collections)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (3)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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