The Eocene South American metatherian Zeusdelphys complicatus is not a protodidelphidid but a hatcheriform: Paleobiogeographic implications

Zeusdelphys complicatus is one of the most enigmatic metatherians from the Itaboraí Basin. The type and only known specimen was previously regarded as the upper dentition of Eobrasilia; an M4 of a new taxon; an M3 of a Kollpaniidae (now regarded as a group of “condylarths”); a probable M1 of an ince...

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Main Authors: Leonardo M. Carneiro, Édison Vicente Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Paleobiology PAS 2017-09-01
Series:Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
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Online Access:http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app62/app003512017.pdf