Prothylacinus is an extinct genus of South American metatherian, that lived during the Early Miocene.[1]
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| Genus: | †Prothylacinus Ameghino 1891
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| Prothylacinus patagonicus | |
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Distribution edit
Fossils of Prothylacinus have been found in the Friasian Río Frias Formation of Chile and the Santacrucian Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.[2]
References edit
- ^ 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
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