Silvenator

Silvenator
Temporal range: Early Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this 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

Originally assigned to the genus Nemolestes, Silvatherium brasiliensis was reclassified as belonging to its own genus in 2023.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Silvenator". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  2. ^ 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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