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Patene simpsoni

Mammalia - 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.

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
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—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