Microbiotheria (fossil eutherians sometimes historically misassigned)

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Microbiotheria is an order of small, primarily South American marsupials best known today for the monito del monte, a relict species important for understanding marsupial evolution and biogeography.

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How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf order of mammals ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
activityPattern nocturnal ⓘ
bestKnownFor monito del monte ⓘ
clade Australidelphia ⓘ
class Mammalia ⓘ
commonName microbiotheres ⓘ
conservationConcern some species considered near threatened ⓘ
containsGenus Dromiciops ⓘ
Khasia ⓘ
Microbiotherium ⓘ
Mirandatherium ⓘ
linked to: Microbiotherium

Pachybiotherium ⓘ
linked to: Microbiotherium

Woodburnodon ⓘ
currentlyClassifiedAs Australidelphia ⓘ
diet insectivorous ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ
distinguishingFeature inflated tympanic bullae ⓘ
unique auditory region morphology ⓘ
fossilRecordFromPeriod Eocene ⓘ
Miocene ⓘ
Oligocene ⓘ
Paleogene ⓘ
geologicalTimeOfOrigin Paleocene or earlier ⓘ
habitat temperate forests ⓘ
hasExtantRepresentative Dromiciops bernardoi ⓘ
Dromiciops bozinovici ⓘ
Dromiciops gliroides ⓘ
Dromiciops mondaca ⓘ
historicalRange Antarctica ⓘ
Australia ⓘ
importantFor understanding Gondwanan biogeography ⓘ
understanding marsupial evolution ⓘ
infraclass Marsupialia ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
namedBy Oldfield Thomas ⓘ
nativeRange South America ⓘ
southern South America ⓘ
notableSpecies Dromiciops gliroides ⓘ
onceClassifiedAs Ameridelphia ⓘ
phylogeneticPosition sister group to other australidelphian marsupials ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproductiveMode marsupial ⓘ
subclass Theria ⓘ
taxonRank order ⓘ
typeSpecies Dromiciops gliroides ⓘ
typicalBodySize small ⓘ
vernacularNameOfMember monito del monte ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eutheria → includes → Microbiotheria (fossil eutherians sometimes historically misassigned) ⓘ