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Patene simpsoni

Osteichthyes - Sparassodonta

Taxonomy
Patene simpsoni was named by Paula Couto (1952). Its type specimen is MNRJ 1331-V, a maxilla (Incomplete right maxilla), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is São José de Itaborai, which is in an Eocene fissure fill marl in the Itaboraí Formation of Brazil.

Entered
by P. Mannion on 2012-09-11

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Ischyrodidelphis castellanosi Paula Couto p. 9
1952Patene simpsoni Paula Couto p. 23
1978Patene simpsoni Marshall
1981Patene simpsoni Marshall

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
orderSparassodonta()
subfamilyHathlyacininae()
genusPatene
speciessimpsoni

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Patene simpsoni Paula Couto 1952
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Invalid names: Ischyrodidelphis castellanosi Paula Couto 1952 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2013-05-24 23:51:13
Modified: 2013-05-24 08:51:13
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Goin 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Clemens 1979

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) Ischyrodidelphis castelllanosi, Patene simpsoni (type locality: 118314)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Argentina (Salta) Patene simpsoni (142855)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Argentina (Salta) Patene simpsoni (211419)