Necrolestes Ameghino 1891 (mammal)

Mammalia - Meridiolestida

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

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Type: Necrolestes patagonensis

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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