Nemolestes spalacotherinus Ameghino 1902 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Sparassodonta - Borhyaenidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1902. Notices préliminaires sur des mammifères nouveaux des terrains Crétacé de Patagonie {preliminary notes on new mammals from the Cretaceous terrains of Patagonia]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 17:5-70

Belongs to Nemolestes according to G. G. Simpson 1948

See also Ameghino 1902

Sister taxa: Nemolestes brasiliensis, Nemolestes lagunafriensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Colhué Huapí Norte, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution: found only at Colhué Huapí Norte

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