Prothylacinus
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Life restoration of P. patagonicus and Interatherium robustum | |
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Class: | Mammalia
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Family: | †Prothylacinidae
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Genus: | †Prothylacinus Ameghino 1891
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Prothylacinus patagonicus | |
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Prothylacinus is an extinct genus of South American metatherian, that lived during the Early Miocene.[1]
Distribution[]
Fossils of Prothylacinus have been found in the Friasian Río Frias Formation of Chile and the Santacrucian of Argentina.[2]
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Restored skeleton
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. doi:10.1046/j.0031-0239.2003.00339.x.
- ^ Prothylacinus at Fossilworks.org
Categories:
- Sparassodonts
- Miocene mammals of South America
- Friasian
- Santacrucian
- Neogene Argentina
- Fossils of Argentina
- Neogene Chile
- Fossils of Chile
- Fossil taxa described in 1891
- Taxa named by Florentino Ameghino
- Prehistoric mammal genera