†Silvenator brasiliensis Rangel et al. 2023 (metatherian)
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Synonym: Nemolestes brasiliensis Rangel et al. 2023 [replaced name]
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
Belongs to Silvenator according to C. Rangel et al. 2023
See also Rangel et al. 2023
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution: found only at São José de Itaborai (Eocene of Brazil)
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