†Riolestes Goin et al. 2009 (marsupial)
PaleoDB taxon number: 246322
Full reference: F. J. Goin, A. M. Candela, M. A. Abello and E. V. Oliveira. 2009. Earliest South American paucituberculatans and their significance in the understanding of ‘pseudodiprotodont’ marsupial radiations. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155:867-884
Parent taxon: Paucituberculata according to F. J. Goin et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Bardalestes, Caenolestoidea, Caroloameghinioidea, Decastidae, Evolestes, Palaeothentoidea
Subtaxa: Riolestes capricornicus
Type: Riolestes capricornicus
Ecology: scansorial omnivore