Pitheculites

Pitheculites; Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Paucituberculata
Family:	†Abderitidae
Genus:	†Pitheculites; Ameghino, 1901
Type species
	Pitheculites minimus; Ameghino, 1902
Other species
	Pitheculites chenche Dumont and Bown, 1987 Pitheculites ipururensis Stutz et al., 2022 Pitheculites rothi Marshall, 1990

Pitheculites is an extinct genus of abderitid metatherian that lived in South America during the Miocene epoch.

Desciption

Pitheculites ipururensis possessed a wider hypoconulid shelf on the M₂ and a longer cristid posterior to the metaconid compared to any other member of Pitheculites. Pitheculites rothi had a more quadrangular and broader M₂ relative to P. ipururensis. Like Pitheculites chenche, P. ipururensis had a cuspid-like entocristid on the M₁, distinguishing it from Pitheculites minimus, whose M₁ had a crestid-like entocristid. P. ipururensis differed from P. chenche because its had a crestid-like postentocristid in M₁.

References

↑ "Pitheculites". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 20 September 2026.
↑ Stutz, Narla S.; Abello, María Alejandra; Marivaux, Laurent; Boivin, Myriam; Pujos, François; Benites-Palomino, Aldo M.; Salas-Gismondi, Rodolfo; Tejada-Lara, Julia V.; Custódio, Michele Andriolli; Roddaz, Martin; Santos, Roberto Ventura; Ribeiro, Ana Maria; Antoine, Pierre-Olivier (October 2022). "Late middle Miocene Metatheria (Mammalia: Didelphimorphia and Paucituberculata) from Juan Guerra, San Martín Department, Peruvian Amazonia". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 118 103902. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2022.103902. Retrieved 20 September 2026 – via Elsevier Science Direct.

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[1] "Pitheculites". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 20 September 2026.

[2] Stutz, Narla S.; Abello, María Alejandra; Marivaux, Laurent; Boivin, Myriam; Pujos, François; Benites-Palomino, Aldo M.; Salas-Gismondi, Rodolfo; Tejada-Lara, Julia V.; Custódio, Michele Andriolli; Roddaz, Martin; Santos, Roberto Ventura; Ribeiro, Ana Maria; Antoine, Pierre-Olivier (October 2022). "Late middle Miocene Metatheria (Mammalia: Didelphimorphia and Paucituberculata) from Juan Guerra, San Martín Department, Peruvian Amazonia". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 118 103902. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2022.103902. Retrieved 20 September 2026 – via Elsevier Science Direct.