Clenia (mammal)

Clenia; Temporal range: Oligocene - Early Miocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Microbiotheria
Family:	Microbiotheriidae
Genus:	†Clenia; Ameghino, 1904
Type species
	†Clenia minuscula; Ameghino, 1904
Species
	C. brevis; C. minuscula;
Synonyms
	Clenialites

Clenia is an extinct genus of marsupials from the Oligocene and Miocene of South America. They are relatives of the living monito del monte (colocolo).

Description

Two species are known. The type species is Clenia minuscula from the Early Miocene of Argentina.^[2] The other is Clenia brevis from the Oligocene of Argentina. It had more robust molars than C. minuscula.^[3]

References

^ "Clenia". Fossilworks. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
^ Goin, F.J.; Abello, M.A. (2013). "Los Metatheria Sudamericanos de Comienzos Del Neógeno (Mioceno Temprano, Edad MamÍFero Colhuehuapense): Microbiotheria y Polydolopimorphia". Ameghiniana. 50 (1): 51–78. doi:10.5710/AMGH.9.11.2012.570. hdl:11336/76812. S2CID 129111824.
^ Goin, Francisco (2010). "Middle Tertiary marsupials from central Patagonia (early Oligocene of Gran Barranca): understanding South America's Grande Coupure". The Paleontology of Gran Barranca. Cambridge University Press. pp. 71–107.

[1] "Clenia". Fossilworks. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2021-12-17.

[2] Goin, F.J.; Abello, M.A. (2013). "Los Metatheria Sudamericanos de Comienzos Del Neógeno (Mioceno Temprano, Edad MamÍFero Colhuehuapense): Microbiotheria y Polydolopimorphia". Ameghiniana. 50 (1): 51–78. doi:10.5710/AMGH.9.11.2012.570. hdl:11336/76812. S2CID 129111824.

[3] Goin, Francisco (2010). "Middle Tertiary marsupials from central Patagonia (early Oligocene of Gran Barranca): understanding South America's Grande Coupure". The Paleontology of Gran Barranca. Cambridge University Press. pp. 71–107.

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