A new hyladelphine marsupial (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) from cave deposits of northern Brazil

Autores
Oliveira, Édison Vicente; Nova, Patricia Villa; Goin, Francisco Javier; Avilla, Leonardo Dos Santos
Año de publicación
2011
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Based on very small upper and lower molars recovered from the Quaternary limestone caves in the State of Tocantins, northern Brazil, we describe a new genus and species of a didelphimorphian marsupial. A phylogenetic analysis based on morphological + karyotypic data set recovered the new genus and species as the sister taxon to the living didelphid, Hyladelphys kalinowskii Voss, Lunde & Simons. The new taxon differs from the latter in having a slightly larger size, more inflated and blunt cusps, greater reduction in number and size of the stylar cusps, in the absence of an anterior cingulum, a deeper ectoflexus in M2, paracone and metacone subequal in M2, and narrower and eccentric protocones. The new marsupial probably weighed no more than 40 g and its molar morphology is suggestive of mixed, insectivorous-frugivorous feeding habits. Although we regard the fauna of Gruta dos Mouras cave as Pleistocene, we do not negate the possibility that a temporal mixing (“time-averaging”) of Pleistocene and Holocene specimens existed and that the newly described taxon is a living marsupial in the study area.
Fil: Oliveira, Édison Vicente. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco; Brasil
Fil: Nova, Patricia Villa. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Brasil
Fil: Goin, Francisco Javier. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Paleontología Vertebrados; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Avilla, Leonardo Dos Santos. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Brasil
Materia
Metatheria
Didelphimorphia
Didelphis
Hyladelphys
Brasil
Cuaternario
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spelling A new hyladelphine marsupial (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) from cave deposits of northern BrazilOliveira, Édison VicenteNova, Patricia VillaGoin, Francisco JavierAvilla, Leonardo Dos SantosMetatheriaDidelphimorphiaDidelphisHyladelphysBrasilCuaternariohttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Based on very small upper and lower molars recovered from the Quaternary limestone caves in the State of Tocantins, northern Brazil, we describe a new genus and species of a didelphimorphian marsupial. A phylogenetic analysis based on morphological + karyotypic data set recovered the new genus and species as the sister taxon to the living didelphid, Hyladelphys kalinowskii Voss, Lunde & Simons. The new taxon differs from the latter in having a slightly larger size, more inflated and blunt cusps, greater reduction in number and size of the stylar cusps, in the absence of an anterior cingulum, a deeper ectoflexus in M2, paracone and metacone subequal in M2, and narrower and eccentric protocones. The new marsupial probably weighed no more than 40 g and its molar morphology is suggestive of mixed, insectivorous-frugivorous feeding habits. Although we regard the fauna of Gruta dos Mouras cave as Pleistocene, we do not negate the possibility that a temporal mixing (“time-averaging”) of Pleistocene and Holocene specimens existed and that the newly described taxon is a living marsupial in the study area.Fil: Oliveira, Édison Vicente. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco; BrasilFil: Nova, Patricia Villa. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; BrasilFil: Goin, Francisco Javier. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Paleontología Vertebrados; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Avilla, Leonardo Dos Santos. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; BrasilMagnolia Press2011-09info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/95953Oliveira, Édison Vicente; Nova, Patricia Villa; Goin, Francisco Javier; Avilla, Leonardo Dos Santos; A new hyladelphine marsupial (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) from cave deposits of northern Brazil; Magnolia Press; Zootaxa; 3041; 1; 9-2011; 51-621175-53261175-5334CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3041.1.3info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.11646/zootaxa.3041.1.3info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-11-05T09:40:00Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/95953instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-11-05 09:40:00.669CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A new hyladelphine marsupial (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) from cave deposits of northern Brazil
title A new hyladelphine marsupial (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) from cave deposits of northern Brazil
spellingShingle A new hyladelphine marsupial (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) from cave deposits of northern Brazil
Oliveira, Édison Vicente
Metatheria
Didelphimorphia
Didelphis
Hyladelphys
Brasil
Cuaternario
title_short A new hyladelphine marsupial (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) from cave deposits of northern Brazil
title_full A new hyladelphine marsupial (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) from cave deposits of northern Brazil
title_fullStr A new hyladelphine marsupial (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) from cave deposits of northern Brazil
title_full_unstemmed A new hyladelphine marsupial (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) from cave deposits of northern Brazil
title_sort A new hyladelphine marsupial (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) from cave deposits of northern Brazil
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Oliveira, Édison Vicente
Nova, Patricia Villa
Goin, Francisco Javier
Avilla, Leonardo Dos Santos
author Oliveira, Édison Vicente
author_facet Oliveira, Édison Vicente
Nova, Patricia Villa
Goin, Francisco Javier
Avilla, Leonardo Dos Santos
author_role author
author2 Nova, Patricia Villa
Goin, Francisco Javier
Avilla, Leonardo Dos Santos
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Metatheria
Didelphimorphia
Didelphis
Hyladelphys
Brasil
Cuaternario
topic Metatheria
Didelphimorphia
Didelphis
Hyladelphys
Brasil
Cuaternario
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Based on very small upper and lower molars recovered from the Quaternary limestone caves in the State of Tocantins, northern Brazil, we describe a new genus and species of a didelphimorphian marsupial. A phylogenetic analysis based on morphological + karyotypic data set recovered the new genus and species as the sister taxon to the living didelphid, Hyladelphys kalinowskii Voss, Lunde & Simons. The new taxon differs from the latter in having a slightly larger size, more inflated and blunt cusps, greater reduction in number and size of the stylar cusps, in the absence of an anterior cingulum, a deeper ectoflexus in M2, paracone and metacone subequal in M2, and narrower and eccentric protocones. The new marsupial probably weighed no more than 40 g and its molar morphology is suggestive of mixed, insectivorous-frugivorous feeding habits. Although we regard the fauna of Gruta dos Mouras cave as Pleistocene, we do not negate the possibility that a temporal mixing (“time-averaging”) of Pleistocene and Holocene specimens existed and that the newly described taxon is a living marsupial in the study area.
Fil: Oliveira, Édison Vicente. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco; Brasil
Fil: Nova, Patricia Villa. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Brasil
Fil: Goin, Francisco Javier. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Paleontología Vertebrados; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Avilla, Leonardo Dos Santos. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Brasil
description Based on very small upper and lower molars recovered from the Quaternary limestone caves in the State of Tocantins, northern Brazil, we describe a new genus and species of a didelphimorphian marsupial. A phylogenetic analysis based on morphological + karyotypic data set recovered the new genus and species as the sister taxon to the living didelphid, Hyladelphys kalinowskii Voss, Lunde & Simons. The new taxon differs from the latter in having a slightly larger size, more inflated and blunt cusps, greater reduction in number and size of the stylar cusps, in the absence of an anterior cingulum, a deeper ectoflexus in M2, paracone and metacone subequal in M2, and narrower and eccentric protocones. The new marsupial probably weighed no more than 40 g and its molar morphology is suggestive of mixed, insectivorous-frugivorous feeding habits. Although we regard the fauna of Gruta dos Mouras cave as Pleistocene, we do not negate the possibility that a temporal mixing (“time-averaging”) of Pleistocene and Holocene specimens existed and that the newly described taxon is a living marsupial in the study area.
publishDate 2011
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dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv http://hdl.handle.net/11336/95953
Oliveira, Édison Vicente; Nova, Patricia Villa; Goin, Francisco Javier; Avilla, Leonardo Dos Santos; A new hyladelphine marsupial (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) from cave deposits of northern Brazil; Magnolia Press; Zootaxa; 3041; 1; 9-2011; 51-62
1175-5326
1175-5334
CONICET Digital
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1175-5326
1175-5334
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