Prothylacinus

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Prothylacinus
Temporal range:
Ma
Life restoration of P. patagonicus and
Interatherium robustum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Infraclass:
Order:
Family:
Prothylacinidae
Genus:
Prothylacinus

Type species
Prothylacinus patagonicus
Species
  • P. patagonicus Ameghino 1891
Synonyms
  • Napodonictis Ameghino 1894
  • Prothylacocyon Winge 1923

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

Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.[2]

Restored skeleton

References