Pharsophorus lacerans Ameghino 1897 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Sparassodonta - Borhyaenidae

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 Pharsophorus according to F. Ameghino 1897

See also Patterson and Marshall 1978 and Simpson 1948

Sister taxa: Pharsophorus tenax, Plesiofelis schlosseri

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution:

• Deseadan of Argentina (2 collections), Bolivia (3)

• Oligocene of Argentina (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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