Mayulestes
| Mayulestes Temporal range: Early Paleocene (Tiupampan), | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| 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.
