Riolestes, Goin & Candela & Abello & Oliveira, 2009
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00471.x |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F463DC79-2139-F410-FC08-0EEBFADDB4C0 |
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Felipe |
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scientific name |
Riolestes |
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gen. nov. |
RIOLESTES GEN. NOV.
Diagnosis: As for the type and only known species.
Etymology: Rio - for the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where are located the fossiliferous outcrops of the Itaboraí Basin; - lestes, Latin for ‘thief ’, ‘pirate’ and, by extension, ‘carnivorous’ (lestikos), a term that characterizes the generic name of several fossil and living Paucituberculata .
Type species: Riolestes capricornicus sp. nov.
Distribution: Late Palaeocene, South America.
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