Thylacopygmaeus
Appearance
Thylacopygmaeus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Family: | †Herpetotheriidae |
Genus: | †Thylacopygmaeus |
Species: | †T. oliveirai
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Binomial name | |
†Thylacopygmaeus oliveirai Carneiro et. al., 2024
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Thylacopygmaeus is an extinct genus of herpetotheriid that lived in Brazil during the Early Eocene. It contains a single species, Thylacopygmaeus oliveirai.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Carneiro, L. M.; Goin, F. J.; Bampi, H.; Silva, R. C.; Rangel, C. C.; Guimarães, B. M. G.; Arêas, M. R. (15 September 2024). "A tiny-sized Herpetotheriidae (Mammalia, Metatheria) from the Itaboraí basin (early Eocene), Brazil: Paleobiogeographic and systematic implications for Herpetotheriidae". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 144: 105016. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2024.105016. Retrieved 15 December 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.