Biology:Prothylacynus
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Short description: Extinct marsupial-like mammal
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Scientific classification 
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| Prothylacinus patagonicus Ameghino, 1891
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Prothylacinus is an extinct genus of South American metatherian, that lived during the Early Miocene.[1]
Description
Prothylacinus had a vestigial hallux that was most likely not visible in life. The humerus bore the epicondylar foramen. In form it was similar to the related Borhyaena.[2] As with other Sparassodonts, the deciduous teeth are less reduced, only the canines and premolars changing.[2]
Distribution
Fossils of Prothylacinus have been found in the Friasian Río Frias Formation of Chile and the Santacrucian Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.[3]
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. Bibcode: 2003Palgy..46.1213A.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Scott, William Berryman; Scott, William Berryman (1913). A history of land mammals in the Western Hemisphere; illustrated with 32 plates and more than 100 drawings. New York: Macmillan. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51389.
- ↑ Prothylacinus at Fossilworks.org
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