Mammalia - Sparassodonta - Thylacosmilidae

Full reference: A. M. Forasiepi and A. A. Carlini. 2010. A new thylacosmilid (Mammalia, Metatheria, Sparassodonta) from the Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina. Zootaxa 2552:55-68

Parent taxon: Thylacosmilidae according to C. Suarez et al. 2023

See also Engelman et al. 2020 and Forasiepi and Carlini 2010

Sister taxa: Anachlysictis, Thylacosmilus

Subtaxa: Patagosmilus goini

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Type: Patagosmilus goini

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution: found only at Rio Chico - RCH 018S (Miocene of Argentina)

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