Patagomaia Chimento et al. 2024 (mammal)

Mammalia - Allotheria

Full reference: N. R. Chimento, F. L. Agnolín, J. García‑Marsà, M. Manabe, T. Tsuihiji and F. E. Novas. 2024. A large therian mammal from the Late Cretaceous of South America. Scientifc Reports 14:2854:1-8

Parent taxon: Gondwanatheria according to H. P. Püschel et al. 2024

See also Chimento et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Adalatheriidae, Argentodites, Ferugliotheriidae, Ferugliotherium, Groeberia, Magallanodon, Patagonia, Sudamericidae, Trapalcotherium

Subtaxa: Patagomaia chainko

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at La Anita (06/24) (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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