| Xenocynus Temporal range: Early Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Clade: | Metatheria |
| Genus: | †Xenocynus |
| Species: | †X. crypticus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Xenocynus crypticus Carneiro et. al., 2024 | |
Xenocynus is an extinct genus of metatherian mammal that lived in Brazil during the Eocene. It contains a single species, Xenocynus crypticus.
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. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2024.104895. Retrieved 15 December 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.