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Patene

Patene is an extinct genus of sparassodont that lived in South America during the Eocene and Oligocene epochs.

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Patene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Sparassodonta
Genus: †Patene
Simpson, 1935
Type species
Patene coluapiensis
Simpson, 1935
Other species
  • Patene campbelli Goin and Campbell, 2004
  • Patene coloradensis Rangel et al., 2019
  • Patene simpsoni Paula Couto, 1952

Patene is an extinct genus of sparassodont that lived in South America during the Eocene and Oligocene epochs.1

Distribution

Fossils of Patene are known from Peru,2 Brazil,31 and Argentina.45

References

References

  1. "Patene". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  2. "Patene campbelli". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  3. "Patene simpsoni". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  4. "Patene coluapiensis". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  5. 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.