Nemolestes
Extinct genus of sparassodont
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Nemolestes is an extinct genus of sparassodont that lived in South America during the Lutetian and Bartonian stages of the Eocene epoch.[1]
| Nemolestes Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Sparassodonta |
| Genus: | †Nemolestes Ameghino, 1902 |
| Type species | |
| Nemolestes spalacotherinus Ameghino, 1902 | |
| Other species | |
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Nemolestes lagunafriensis Rangel et al., 2023 | |
Taxonomy
Silvenator brasiliensis, a taxon known from the Itaboraí fossil site of Brazil, was originally assigned to the genus Nemolestes; however, it was later reclassified as belonging to its own separate monotypic genus on the basis of its dental dissimilarity to other species of Nemolestes.[2]
Distribution
Nemolestes lagunafriensis is, as the name suggests, known from Laguna Fría, a Lutetian fossil site in Chubut, Argentina.[3] Nemolestes spalacotherinus, the type species, is known from the Bartonian site of Colhué Huapí Norte in Chubut.[4][5]
