Proborhyaena gigantea Ameghino 1897 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Sparassodonta - Proborhyaenidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1897. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)]. Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18(4–9):406-521

Belongs to Proborhyaena according to B. Patterson and L. G. Marshall 1978

See also Ameghino 1897

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution:

• Deseadan of Argentina (3 collections), Bolivia (1), Uruguay (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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