Khasia
Khasia Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Superorder: | Australidelphia |
Order: | Microbiotheria |
Family: | Microbiotheriidae |
Genus: | †Khasia Marshall and de Muizon, 1988[1] |
Species | |
†Khasia cordillerensis |
Khasia ("from Antin Khasa") is a fossil genus of marsupial in the family Microbiotheriidae. It contains one known species, Khasia cordillerensis, which is known from teeth found in the Santa Lucia Formation of , Bolivia, where it lived alongside the sparassodonts , Mayulestes and Pucadelphys.[2]
References[]
- ^ L. G. Marshall and C. de Muizon. 1988. The Dawn of the Age of Mammals in South America. National Geographic Research 4:23-55
- ^ "Fossilworks:Tiupampa site 1, the "quarry"".
Categories:
- Prehistoric marsupial stubs
- Microbiotheriidae
- Danian genera
- Prehistoric marsupial genera