Chulpasia

Chulpasia
Chulpasia
Temporal range: Late Miocene–Early Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupiala
Order: Paucituberculata
Family: †Caroloameghiniidae
Genus: Chulpasia
Crochet & Sigé, 1993

Chulpasia is an extinct genus of Eocene marsupial related to today's shrew opossums. It was a small animal, about 20 cm long, with an omnivorous diet. Its diet probably included seeds, small fruits, and insects. It was found in Argentina as well as at the Murgon fossil site in Australia, and its presence on both continents suggests that there was a land bridge between them.

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