Prothylacinus
Extinct marsupial-like mammal
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 | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
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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 Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.[2]
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
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