Xenocynus

Xenocynus; Temporal range: Early Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Metatheria
Genus:	† Xenocynus
Species:	†X. crypticus
Binomial name
	†Xenocynus crypticus; Carneiro et. al., 2024

Last updated October 04, 2025

Xenocynus is an extinct genus of metatherian mammal that lived in Brazil during the Eocene. It contains a single species, Xenocynus crypticus.^[1]

References

↑ Carneiro, L. M.; Bampi, H.; Rangel, C. C.; Guimarães, B. M. G.; Silva, R. C.; Oliveira, é. V. (July 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. Bibcode:2024JSAES.13904895C. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2024.104895 . Retrieved 15 December 2024– via Elsevier Science Direct.

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[1] Carneiro, L. M.; Bampi, H.; Rangel, C. C.; Guimarães, B. M. G.; Silva, R. C.; Oliveira, é. V. (July 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. Bibcode:2024JSAES.13904895C. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2024.104895 . Retrieved 15 December 2024– via Elsevier Science Direct.

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