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Angelocabrerus

Angelocabrerus is an extinct monotypic genus of borhyaenid sparassodont that lived in South America during the Bartonian stage of the Eocene epoch.

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Angelocabrerus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Sparassodonta
Family: †Borhyaenidae
Genus: †Angelocabrerus
Species:
†A. daptes
Binomial name
†Angelocabrerus daptes
Simpson, 1970

Angelocabrerus is an extinct monotypic genus of borhyaenid sparassodont that lived in South America during the Bartonian stage of the Eocene epoch.12

Etymology

The generic name Angelocabrerus honours the zoologist and palaeontologist Angel Cabrera for his contributions to borhyaenid palaeobiology. The specific epithet of the type species, Angelocabrerus daptes, means gnawer or eater in Greek, in reference to the carnivory and possible osteophagy that the species would have engaged in.3

Distribution

A. daptes is known from Bartonian aged deposits in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.12

Palaeobiology

A. daptes was a carnivore, and it may have been osteophagous as well.3

References

References

  1. "Angelocabrerus daptes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  2. "Angelocabrerus". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  3. Simpson, George Gaylord. "Mammals from the early Cenozoic of Chubut, Argentina". Breviora. 360: 1–13. Retrieved 3 May 2026 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.