Khasia
Extinct genus of marsupial / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Khasia ("from Antin Khasa") is a fossil genus of marsupial in the family Microbiotheriidae. It contains one known species, Khasia cordillerensis, which is known from teeth found in the Santa Lucia Formation of Mizque, Bolivia, where it lived alongside the sparassodonts Allqokirus, Mayulestes and Pucadelphys.[2]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Microbiotheria |
Family: | Microbiotheriidae |
Genus: | †Khasia Marshall and de Muizon, 1988[1] |
Species: | †K. cordillerensis |
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†Khasia cordillerensis Marshall and de Muizon, 1988 | |
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