Prothylacinus
| Prothylacinus Temporal range: Early Miocene | |
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| Life restoration of P. patagonicus and Interatherium robustum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Metatheria |
| Order: | †Sparassodonta |
| Family: | †Prothylacinidae |
| Genus: | †Prothylacinus Ameghino, 1891 |
| Species | |
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Restored skeleton
Prothylacinus is an extinct genus of South American metatherian, that lived during the Miocene.[1]
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.
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