Khasia ("from Antin Khasa") is a fossil genus of marsupial in the family Microbiotheriidae. It contains one known species, Khasia cordillerensis, which is known from teeth found in the Santa Lucia Formation of Mizque, Bolivia, where it lived alongside the sparassodonts Allqokirus, Mayulestes and Pucadelphys.[2]

Khasia
Temporal range: Early Paleocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Microbiotheria
Family: Microbiotheriidae
Genus: Khasia
Marshall and de Muizon, 1988[1]
Species:
K. cordillerensis
Binomial name
Khasia cordillerensis
Marshall and de Muizon, 1988

References

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  1. ^ L. G. Marshall and C. de Muizon. 1988. The Dawn of the Age of Mammals in South America. National Geographic Research 4:23-55
  2. ^ "Fossilworks:Tiupampa site 1, the "quarry"".