Clenia (mammal)
{{Short description|Extinct genus of marsupial}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = Oligocene - Early Miocene
| taxon = Clenia
| type_species = †Clenia minuscula
| type_species_authority = Ameghino, 1904
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
- 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.{{cite journal |last1=Goin |first1=F.J. |last2=Abello |first2=M.A. |title=Los Metatheria Sudamericanos de Comienzos Del Neógeno (Mioceno Temprano, Edad MamÍFero Colhuehuapense): Microbiotheria y Polydolopimorphia |journal=Ameghiniana |date=2013 |volume=50 |issue=1 |pages=51–78 |doi=10.5710/AMGH.9.11.2012.570|s2cid=129111824 |url=http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/95587 |hdl=11336/76812 |hdl-access=free }} The other is Clenia brevis from the Oligocene of Argentina. It had more robust molars than C. minuscula.{{cite book |last1=Goin |first1=Francisco |title=The Paleontology of Gran Barranca |date=2010 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |pages=71–107 |url=https://www.academia.edu/3574942 |chapter=Middle Tertiary marsupials from central Patagonia (early Oligocene of Gran Barranca): understanding South America’s Grande Coupure}}