Prothylacinus Temporal range: Early Miocene (Santacrucian-Friasian) ~16.0–15.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Life restoration of P. patagonicus and Interatherium robustum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Sparassodonta |
Family: | †Prothylacinidae |
Genus: | †Prothylacinus Ameghino, 1891 |
Type species | |
Prothylacinus patagonicus Ameghino, 1891 | |
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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.
References
- 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.
- Prothylacinus at Fossilworks.org
Taxon identifiers | |
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Prothylacynus |
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