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Eobrasilia coutoi ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Didelphimorphia : Didelphidae : Eobrasilia : Eobrasilia coutoi | |||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Chordata : Mammalia : Didelphimorphia : Stagodontidae : Eobrasilia : Eobrasilia coutoi | |||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Generic Name | Eobrasilia | |||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Eobrasilia coutoi Simpson, 1947 | |||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 58.7 - 48.6 Ma Paleogene | |||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 58.7 - 48.6 Ma Paleogene | |||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Stagodontidae) | |||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) | |||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore, durophage (based on Stagodontidae) | |||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | viviparous (based on Theria) | |||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. Paula Couto. 1962. Didelfidos fosiles del Paleoceno de Brasil. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" 8:135-166 |
Fossil Distribution
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1947 | Eobrasilia coutoi Simpson |
| 2017 | Eobrasilia coutoi Carneiro and Olivero p. 357 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
