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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Microbiotheria : Microbiotheriidae : Microbiotherium : Microbiotherium tehuelchum |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Microbiotheria : Microbiotheriidae : Microbiotherium : Microbiotherium tehuelchum |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Microbiotherium |
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| Scientific Name | Microbiotherium tehuelchum Ameghino, 1887 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Microbiotherium tehuelchum | species | belongs to Microbiotherium | stated with evidence | Ameghino, 1887 | | Microbiotherium tehuelchum | species | belongs to Microbiotherium | stated without evidence | Ameghino, 1894 | | Microbiotherium tehuelchum | species | belongs to Microbiotherium | stated with evidence | Marshall, 1982 | | Microbiotherium tehuelchum | species | belongs to Microbiotherium | stated without evidence | Abello et al., 2012 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 23.0 - 16.3 Ma
Miocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 16.0 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Mammalia) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | insectivore (based on Microbiotheriidae) |
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| Reproduction | viviparous (based on Theria) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | F. Ameghino. 1894. Enumeration synoptique des especes de mammifères fossiles des formations éocènes de Patagonie. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Cordoba (Republica Argentina) 13:259-452 |
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| Ameghino F. Enumeration synoptique des especes de mammifères fossiles des formations éocènes de Patagonie, Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Cordoba (Republica Argentina) 13, 259-452 |
| Ameghino F. Nuevos restos de mamĂferos fĂłsiles descubiertos por Carlos Ameghino en el Eoceno inferior de la Patagonia austral. – Especies nuevas, adiciones y correcciones [New remains of fossil mammals discovered by Carlos Ameghino in the lower Eocene of southern Patagonia. – New species, additions, and corrections], Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1, 289-328 |
| Marshall L. (1982) Systematics of the South American marsupial family Microbiotheriidae, Fieldiana Geology 10, 1-75 |
| Abello M. A., Ortiz-Jaureguizar E., et al (2012) Paleoecology of the Paucituberculata and Microbiotheria (Mammalia, Marsupialia) from the late Early Miocene of Argentina, Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation, 156-172 |
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