Extinct marsupial-like mammal
Mayulestes
Temporal range: Early Paleocene (Tiupampan), 66 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N |
Scientific classification |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Sparassodonta |
Family: | †Mayulestidae |
Genus: | †Mayulestes de Muizon 1994 |
Species: | †M. ferox |
Binomial name |
†Mayulestes ferox
de Muizon 1994[1] |
Mayulestes (Quechua: mayu river, + Greek: lestes, thief) is a genus of carnivorous metatherian that lived in what is now Tiupampa, Bolivia in the early Paleocene. It shared its habitat with fellow sparassodont Pucadelphys, and a microbiotherid marsupial, Khasia.[2]
References
- ^ de Muizon, Christian. (1994). A new carnivorous marsupial from the Palaeocene of Bolivia and the problem of marsupial monophyly. Nature. 370. 208-211. https://doi.org/10.1038/370208a0
- ^ "How South America Made the Marsupials". PBS Eons.
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| - Allqokirus
- Argyrolestes
- Hondadelphys
- Nemolestes
- Patene
- Procladosictis
- Stylocynus
| Hathliacynidae | - Acyon
- Australogale
- Borhyaenidium
- Chasicostylus
- Cladosictis
- Notictis
- Notocynus
- Notogale
- Perathereutes
- Pseudonotictis
- Sallacyon
- Sipalocyon
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Borhyaenoidea | |
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| - Apeirodon?
- Bobbschaefferia
- Caroloameghinia
- Carolocoutoia
- Guggenheimia
- Gashternia
- Hatcheritherium
- Palangania
- Procaroloameghinia
- Protodidelphis
- Pujatodon?
- Reigia
- Robertbutleria
- Wamradolops
- Zeusdelphys
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Argyrolagidae | |
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Chulpasiinae | |
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Prepidolopidae | - Incadolops
- Perrodelphys
- Prepidolops
- Punadolops
- Seumandia
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Rosendolopidae | |
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Polydolopiformes | Polydolopidae | - Amphidolops
- Antarctodolops
- Eudolops
- Eurydolops
- Hypodolops
- Kramadolops
- Parabderites
- Polydolops
- Pseudolops
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Sillustaniidae | - Roberthoffstetteria
- Sillustania
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Taxon identifiers |
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Mayulestes | |
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