†Patene simpsoni Paula Couto 1952 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Sparassodonta

Synonym: Ischyrodidelphis castellanosi Paula Couto 1952

Full reference: C. d. Paula Couto. 1952. Fossil mammals from the beginning of the Cenozoic in Brazil. Marsupialia: Polydolopidae and Borhyaenidae. American Museum Novitates 1559:1-27

Belongs to Patene according to L. G. Marshall 1981

See also Marshall 1978, Paula Couto 1952 and Paula Couto 1952

Sister taxa: Patene campbelli, Patene coluapiensis

Type specimens:

  • Patene simpsoni: MNRJ 1331-V, a maxilla (Incomplete right maxilla). Its type locality is São José de Itaborai, which is in an Eocene fissure fill marl in the Itaboraí Formation of Brazil.
  • Ischyrodidelphis castellanosi: MNRJ 1351-V, a mandible (Median fragment of right mandibular ramus). Its type locality is São José de Itaborai, which is in an Eocene fissure fill marl in the Itaboraí Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Argentina (2 collections), Brazil (1)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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