Mayulestes
Extinct marsupial-like mammal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Mayulestes | |
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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] | |
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