Patagonia peregrina

Patagonia peregrina
Temporal range: Early Miocene (Colhuehuapian)
~21.0–17.5 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Paucituberculata
Family: †Patagoniidae
Pascual and Carlini, 1987
Genus: †Patagonia
Pascual & Carlini, 1987
Species:
†P. peregrina
Binomial name
†Patagonia peregrina
Pascual & Carlini, 1987

Patagonia is an extinct genus of non-placental mammal from the Miocene of Argentina. Traditionally considered a metatherian incertae sedis, one analysis suggested it to be a gondwanathere.[1] However, this has been rejected by other authors.[2]

  1. ^ Nicolás R. Chimento; Federico L. Agnolin; Fernando E. Novas (2015). "The bizarre 'metatherians' Groeberia and Patagonia, late surviving members of gondwanatherian mammals". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. 27 (5): 603–623. Bibcode:2015HBio...27..603C. doi:10.1080/08912963.2014.903945. hdl:11336/85076. S2CID 84565271.
  2. ^ Hoffmann, Simone; Beck, Robin M. D.; Wible, John R.; Rougier, Guillermo W.; Krause, David W. (2020-12-14). "Phylogenetic placement of Adalatherium hui (Mammalia, Gondwanatheria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar: implications for allotherian relationships". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 40 (sup1): 213–234. Bibcode:2020JVPal..40S.213H. doi:10.1080/02724634.2020.1801706. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 230968231.