Pucadelphys

Pucadelphys andinus
Temporal range: Paleocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Pucadelphys
Marshall & de Muizon, 1988
Binomial name
Pucadelphys andinus
Marshall & de Muizon, 1988

Pucadelphys andinus is an extinct marsupial species belonging to the family Didelphidae.

Fossils of Pucadelphys have been found at Tiupampa (Bolivia).

It is small and likely to have eaten insects. It had a long tail, although incomplete on the best preserved fossils. It is possible that the tail was longer than (or at least as long as) its body. 17 vertebrae were preserved, and its estimated that there was 5 to 10 additional vertebrae originally.

It is regarded as partially arboreal, and partially terrestrial.

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