Mammalia - Sparassodonta

Full reference: C. Rangel, L. Carneiro, and E. Oliveira. 2023. Systematics, dental specializations and paleoecology of Silvenator gen. nov., a small carnivorous metatherian (Mammalia, Sparassodonta) from the Paleogene Itaboraí basin. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 128(78):104461

Parent taxon: Sparassodonta according to C. Rangel et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Acyonidae, Amphoproviverridae, Australogale, Borhyaenoidea, Hondadelphidae, Stylocynus, Thylacosmilidae

Subtaxa: Silvenator brasiliensis

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Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution: found only at São José de Itaborai (Eocene of Brazil)

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