†Lycopsis Goin 1997 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Sparassodonta

Full reference: F. J. Goin. 1997. New clues for understanding Neogene marsupial radiation. Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia 187-206

Parent taxon: Borhyaenoidea according to C. J. de Muizon 1999

See also Goin 1997, Marshall 1977, Marshall 1978, Marshall 1979, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Stirton 1953

Sister taxa: Borhyaenidae, Chlorocyon, Proborhyaenidae

Subtaxa: Lycopsis longirostrus Lycopsis padillai Lycopsis torresi Lycopsis viverensis

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Type: Lycopsis torresi

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (5 collections), Colombia (3)

Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences

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