Evolestes hadrommatos

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Metatheria

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cladus: Metatheria

Clade: Marsupialiformes
Cohors: Marsupialia
Ordo: Paucituberculata
Familia: Incertae sedis
Genus: †Evolestes
Species: †Evolestes hadrommatos

Name

†Evolestes hadrommatos Goin, Sánchez-Villagra, Abello & Kay, 2007: 1268

• Holotype: MNHNLP‐Bol 96‐400, a fragment of a skull preserving part of the rostrum, palate and skull roof; on the left side alveoli and roots of the canine of P1 and of M4, fragmentary P2–M1 and complete M2–3; alveoli and roots of the right C–P1.
• Type locality: “Salla Beds, an alluvial fill of a basin cut into deformed Palaeozoic strata at the edge of the eastern Andean Cordillera of northern Bolivia”.

References

Primary references

• Goin, F.J., Sánchez-Villagra, M.R., Abello, M.A. & Kay, R.F. 2007. A new generalized paucituberculatan marsupial from the Oligocene of Bolivia and the origin of 'shrew-like' opossums. Palaeontology 50(5): 267–1276. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00706.x