Patene

Patene; Temporal range: Eocene–Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Sparassodonta
Genus:	†Patene; Simpson, 1935
Type species
	Patene coluapiensis; Simpson, 1935
Other species
	Patene campbelli Goin and Campbell, 2004; Patene coloradensis Rangel et al., 2019; Patene simpsoni Paula Couto, 1952;

Patene is an extinct genus of sparassodont that lived in South America during the Eocene and Oligocene epochs.^[1]

Distribution

Fossils of Patene are known from Peru,^[2] Brazil,^[3]^[1] and Argentina.^[4]^[5]

^ ^a ^b "Patene". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
^ "Patene campbelli". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
^ "Patene simpsoni". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
^ "Patene coluapiensis". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
^ Rangel, Caio César; Carneiro, Leonardo M.; Bergqvist, Lílian Paglarelli; Oliveira, Édison Vicente; Goin, Francisco Javier; Babot, María Judith (7 June 2019). "Diversity, Affinities and Adaptations of the Basal Sparassodont Patene (Mammalia, Metatheria)". Ameghiniana. 56 (4): 263. doi:10.5710/AMGH.06.05.2019.3222. ISSN 0002-7014. Retrieved 3 May 2026 – via BioOne Digital Library.