On the existence of non‐microbiotherian Australidelphian marsupials (Diprotodontia) in the Eocene of Patagonia

• Published in: Palaeontology
• Main Authors: Lorente, Malena, Chornogubsky, Laura, Goin, Francisco J.
• Other Authors: Goswami, Anjali
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Paleontology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Patagonia; Argentina; Chubut; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pala.12241; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fpala.12241; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/pala.12241

Abstract A diverse assemblage of extinct mammals of early–middle Eocene age (Ypresian–Lutetian boundary) come from the Patagonian localities of La Barda and Laguna Fría around Paso del Sapo in northwestern Chubut Province (Argentina). Metatherians are well represented, mostly by dental remains of ‘D...