Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1891. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles descubiertos por Carlos Ameghino en el Eoceno inferior de la Patagonia austral. – Especies nuevas, adiciones y correcciones [New remains of fossil mammals discovered by Carlos Ameghino in the lower Eocene of southern Patagonia. – New species, additions, and corrections]. Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1:289-328
Parent taxon: Meridiolestida according to N. R. Chimento et al. 2012
See also Ameghino 1891, Ameghino 1894 and Goin et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Austrotriconodon, Cronopio, Leonardus, Mesungulatoidea
Subtaxa: Necrolestes mirabilis Necrolestes patagonensis
Type: Necrolestes patagonensis
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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