Clade Sparassocynini Reig 1958 (opossum)

Mammalia - Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae

Parent taxon: Didelphidae according to R. M. D. Beck and M. L. Taglioretti 2020

Sister taxa: Caluromyinae, Caroloameghiana, Cladodidelphys, Cryptonanus, Dasyurina, Derorhynchinae, Didelphinae, Dimerodon, Eobrasiliinae, Herpetotheriinae, Hyladelphinae, Marmosinae, Marmosops, Marmosopsini, Peratotherium, Sparassocyninae, Thlaeodontinae, Thylamyinae

Subtaxa: Hesperocynus Sparassocynus

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Ecology: scansorial omnivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Argentina (9 collections)

• Huayquerian of Argentina (5)

• Miocene of Argentina (2)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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