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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Didelphimorphia : Sparassocynidae : Sparassocynus : Sparassocynus heterotopicus |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Didelphimorphia : Didelphidae : Sparassocynus : Sparassocynus heterotopicus |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
(PBDB,GBIF) | |
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| Generic Name | Sparassocynus |
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| Scientific Name | Sparassocynus heterotopicus Villarroel & Marshall, 1983 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Sparassocynus heterotopicus | species | belongs to Sparassocynus | stated with evidence | Villarroel and Marshall, 1983 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 6.80 - 4.00 Ma
Neogene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Didelphidae) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | omnivore, carnivore (based on Didelphidae) |
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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) | C. Villarroel and L. G. Marshall. 1983. Two new late Tertiary marsupials (Hathlyacyninae and Sparassocyninae) from the Bolivian altiplano. Journal of Paleontology 57(5):1061-1066 |
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| Villarroel C., Marshall L. G. (1983) Two new late Tertiary marsupials (Hathlyacyninae and Sparassocyninae) from the Bolivian altiplano, Journal of Paleontology 57 5, 1061-1066 |
| Marshall L. (1982) Systematics of the South American marsupial family Microbiotheriidae, Fieldiana Geology 10, 1-75 |
| Hooker J. J. (1986) Mammals from the Bartonian (middle/late Eocene) of the Hampshire Basin, southern England, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 39 4, 191-478 |
| Nowak R. M. (1991) Walker's Mammals of the World, Maryland, Johns Hopkins University Press (edited volume) II |
| McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640 |
| de Muizon C., Cifelli R. L. (2001) A new basal "didelphoid" (Marsupialia, Mammalia) from the early Paleocene of Tiupampa (Bolivia), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21 1, 87-97 |
| Case J. A., Goin F. J., et al (2004) South American marsupials from the Late Cretaceous of North America and the origin of marsupial cohorts, Journal of Mammalian Evolution 11 3/4, 223-255 |
| Goin F., Abello A., et al (2007) Los Metatheria sudamericanos de comienzos del Neógeno (Mioceno Temprano, Edad-mamífero Colhuehuapense). Parte I: Introducción, Didelphimorphia y Sparassodonta, Ameghiniana 44 1, 29-71 |
Sparassocynus heterotopicus ✝
