Pseudothylacynus Ameghino 1902 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Sparassodonta - Borhyaenidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1902. Première contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique des couches à Colpodon [First contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Colopdon Beds]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 17:71-141

Parent taxon: Prothylacyninae according to L. G. Marshall 1979

See also Ameghino 1902, Goin et al. 2007 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Dukecynus, Prothylacynus, Pseudolycopsis

Subtaxa: Pseudothylacynus rectus

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Type: Pseudothylacynus rectus

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gran Barranca - southern cliff of lake Colhué Huapí (Miocene of Argentina)

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