†Patene coluapiensis Simpson 1935 (metatherian)
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Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1935. Descriptions of the oldest known South American mammals, from the Rio Chico Formation. American Museum Novitates 793:1-25
Belongs to Patene according to L. G. Marshall 1981
See also Marshall 1978, Simpson 1935 and Simpson 1948
Sister taxa: Patene campbelli, Patene simpsoni
Type specimen: AMNH 28448, a maxilla (part of right maxilla with M1-4). Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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