Chulpasia
Extinct genus of marsupials / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chulpasia is an extinct genus of Eocene marsupial related to today's shrew opossums. It was a small animal, about 20 centimetres (7.9 in) long, with an omnivorous diet. Its diet probably included seeds, small fruits, and insects. Fossils were found in the Muñani Formation in present-day Peru.
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Chulpasia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Polydolopimorphia |
Subfamily: | †Chulpasiinae |
Genus: | †Chulpasia Crochet & Sigé, 1993 |
Type species | |
†Chulpasia mattaueri |
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