†Xenocynus crypticus Carneiro et al. 2024 (metatherian)
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Full reference: L. Carneiro, H. Bampi, C. Rangel, B. Guimarães, R. Silva and E. Oliveira. 2024. A new metatherian (Mammalia) from the Itaboraí basin (Early Eocene), Brazil: Implications to trophic niche partitioning between large-sized “didelphoid-like” metatherians. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 139(78):104895
Belongs to Xenocynus according to L. Carneiro et al. 2024
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution: found only at São José de Itaborai (Eocene of Brazil)
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