Prothylacinus

Prothylacinus is an extinct genus of South American metatherian, that lived during the Early Miocene.[1]

Prothylacinus
Life restoration of P. patagonicus and Interatherium robustum
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Prothylacinus

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

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

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