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
Parent taxon: Borhyaenidae according to G. G. Simpson 1948
See also Ameghino 1902 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Angelocabrerus, Argyrolestes, Australohyaena, Borhyaeninae, Eutemodus, Fredszalaya, Pharsophorus, Prothylacyninae
Subtaxa: Nemolestes brasiliensis Nemolestes lagunafriensis Nemolestes spalacotherinus
Type: Nemolestes spalacotherinus
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Argentina (2 collections), Brazil (2)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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