Silvenator
| Silvenator Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Sparassodonta |
| Genus: | †Silvenator |
| Species: | †S. brasiliensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Silvenator brasiliensis Rangel et al., 2023 | |
Silvenator is an extinct monotypic genus of sparassodont that lived in Brazil during the Ypresian stage of the epoch.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]Originally assigned to the genus Nemolestes, Silvatherium brasiliensis was reclassified as belonging to its own genus in 2023.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Silvenator". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- ↑ 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". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 128 104461. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2023.104461. Retrieved 3 May 2026 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
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