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(Redirected from Prothylacynus) Extinct marsupial-like mammal

Prothylacinus
Temporal range: Early Miocene
(Santacrucian-Friasian)
~16.0–15.5 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Life restoration of P. patagonicus and Interatherium robustum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Sparassodonta
Family: Prothylacinidae
Genus: Prothylacinus
Ameghino, 1891
Type species
Prothylacinus patagonicus
Ameghino, 1891
Synonyms
  • Napodonictis Ameghino, 1894
  • Prothylacocyon Winge, 1923

Prothylacinus is an extinct genus of South American metatherian, that lived during the Early Miocene.

Distribution

Fossils of Prothylacinus have been found in the Friasian Río Frias Formation of Chile and the Santacrucian Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.

Restored skeleton

References

  1. Argot, C. (2003). "Functional adaptations of the postcranial skeleton of two Miocene borhyaenoids (Mammalia, Metatheria), Borhyaena and Prothylacinus, from South America". Palaeontology. 46 (6): 1213–1267. Bibcode:2003Palgy..46.1213A. doi:10.1046/j.0031-0239.2003.00339.x.
  2. Prothylacinus at Fossilworks.org
Metatheria
Synapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Metatheria
    • see below↓
Metatheria
Metatheria
Deltatheroida
Deltatheridiidae
Marsupialiformes
Sparassodonta
    • see below↓
Asiatheriidae
Archimetatheria
Stagodontidae
Pediomyoidea
Peradectidae
Alphadontidae
Herpetotheriidae
Anatoliadelphyidae
Polydolopimorphia
    • see below↓
Marsupialia
Didelphodon vorax

Alphadon sp.

Herpetotherium fugax
Sparassodonta
Sparassodonta
Hathliacynidae
Borhyaenoidea
Borhyaenidae
Proborhyaenidae
Thylacosmilidae
Thylacosmilus atrox
Polydolopimorphia
Polydolopimorphia
Bonapartheriiformes
Bonapartheriidae
Argyrolagidae
Chulpasiinae
Prepidolopidae
Rosendolopidae
Polydolopiformes
Polydolopidae
Sillustaniidae
Taxon identifiers
Prothylacynus


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