Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cladus: Metatheria
Clade: Marsupialiformes
Genus: †Xenocynus
Species: †Xenocynus crypticus

Name

Xenocynus crypticus Carneiro, Bampi, Rangel, Guimarães, Silva & Oliveira, 2024

Holotype: MCT.M.2382

Type locality: Brazil, São José de Itaboraí, Itaboraí Basin.

Etymology: from Latin crypticus (“hidden”)

References

Primary references

• Carneiro, L.M., Bampi, H., Rangel, C.C., Guimarães, B.M.G., Silva, R.C. & Oliveira, E.V. 2024. A new metatherian (Mammalia) from the Itaboraí basin (Early Eocene), Brazil: Implications to trophic niche partitioning between large-sized “didelphoid-like” metatherians. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 139: 104895. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2024.104895 Reference page. 

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