†Patagosmilus Forasiepi and Carlini 2010 (metatherian)
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Mammalia - Sparassodonta - Proborhyaenidae
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: Thylacosmilinae according to R. K. Engelman et al. 2020
See also Forasiepi and Carlini 2010
Sister taxa: Eomakhaira, Thylacosmilus
Subtaxa: Patagosmilus goini
Type: Patagosmilus goini
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution: found only at Rio Chico - RCH 018S (Miocene of Argentina)
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