†family Thylacosmilidae Riggs 1933 (metatherian)
Mammalia - Sparassodonta - Thylacosmilidae
Parent taxon: Sparassodonta according to F. J. Goin et al. 2013
See also de Muizon 1994, de Muizon 1999 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Acyonidae, Amphoproviverridae, Australogale, Borhyaenoidea, Hondadelphidae, Stylocynus
Subtaxa: Anachlysictis Patagosmilus Thylacosmilus
Type: Thylacosmilus
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
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