Clenia (mammal)
Extinct genus of marsupial From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clenia is an extinct genus of marsupials from the Oligocene and Miocene of South America. They are relatives of the living monito del monte (colocolo).
| Clenia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Microbiotheria |
| Family: | Microbiotheriidae |
| Genus: | †Clenia Ameghino, 1904[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Clenia minuscula Ameghino, 1904 | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Clenialites | |
Two species are known. The type species is Clenia minuscula from the Early Miocene of Argentina.[2] The other is Clenia brevis from the Oligocene of Argentina. It had more robust molars than C. minuscula.[3]
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