Biology:Nemolestes
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Nemolestes is an extinct genus of sparassodont that lived in South America during the Lutetian and Bartonian stages of the Eocene epoch.[1]
Taxonomy
Silvenator brasiliensis, a taxon known from the Itaboraí fossil site of Brazil, was originally assigned to the genus Nemolestes; however, it was later reclassified as belonging to its own separate monotypic genus on the basis of its dental dissimilarity to other species of Nemolestes.[2]
Distribution
Nemolestes lagunafriensis is, as the name suggests, known from Laguna Fría, a Lutetian fossil site in Chubut, Argentina.[3] Nemolestes spalacotherinus, the type species, is known from the Bartonian site of Colhué Huapí Norte in Chubut.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "Nemolestes". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40024.
- ↑ Rangel, C. C.; Carneiro, L. M.; Oliveira, é. V. (August 2023). "Systematics, dental specializations and paleoecology of Silvenator gen. nov., a small carnivorous metatherian (Mammalia, Sparassodonta) from the Paleogene Itaboraí basin" (in en). Journal of South American Earth Sciences 128. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2023.104461. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0895981123002729. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- ↑ "Nemolestes lagunafriensis". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=473981.
- ↑ "Nemolestes spalacotherinus". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=315855&is_real_user=1.
- ↑ Rangel, Caio César; Carneiro, Leonardo M.; Tejedor, Marcelo F.; Bergqvist, Lílian Paglarelli; Oliveira, Édison Vicente (7 June 2023). "A reassessment of Nemolestes (Mammalia, Metatheria): Systematics and evolutionary implications for Sparassodonta" (in en). Journal of Mammalian Evolution 30 (3): 535–559. doi:10.1007/s10914-023-09663-7. ISSN 1064-7554. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10914-023-09663-7. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
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