Prothylacinus

<i>Prothylacinus</i>

Prothylacinus

Extinct marsupial-like mammal

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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]

Restored skeleton

References

  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    Prothylacinus at Fossilworks.org


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