Patene
| Patene Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Sparassodonta |
| Genus: | †Patene Simpson, 1935 |
| Type species | |
| Patene coluapiensis Simpson, 1935 | |
| Other species | |
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Patene is an extinct genus of sparassodont that lived in South America during the Eocene and Oligocene epochs.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of Patene are known from Peru,[2] Brazil,[3][1] and Argentina.[4][5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Patene". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- ↑ "Patene campbelli". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- ↑ "Patene simpsoni". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- ↑ "Patene coluapiensis". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- ↑ Rangel, Caio César; Carneiro, Leonardo M.; Bergqvist, Lílian Paglarelli; Oliveira, Édison Vicente; Goin, Francisco Javier; Babot, María Judith (7 June 2019). "Diversity, Affinities and Adaptations of the Basal Sparassodont Patene (Mammalia, Metatheria)". Ameghiniana. 56 (4): 263. doi:10.5710/AMGH.06.05.2019.3222. ISSN 0002-7014. Retrieved 3 May 2026 – via BioOne Digital Library.
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