†Thylacosmilus atrox Riggs 1933 (metatherian)
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Mammalia - Sparassodonta - Proborhyaenidae
Synonyms: Achlysictis lelongi Ameghino 1891, Thylacosmilus lentis Riggs 1933
Full reference: E. S. Riggs. 1933. Preliminary description of a new marsupial sabertooth fom the Pliocene of Argentina. Geological Series of Field Museum of Natural History 6:61-66
Belongs to Thylacosmilus according to Riggs 1933
See also Cione et al. 2000, Forasiepi and Carlini 2010 and Quiroga 1988
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Thylacosmilus atrox: P 14531, a partial skeleton (skull and parts of skeleton). Its type locality is Corral Quemado, which is in a Huayquerian/Montehermosan terrestrial horizon in the Corral Quemado Formation of Argentina.
- Achlysictis lelongi:
- Thylacosmilus lentis: FMNH 14474. Its type locality is Puerta de Corral Quemado, which is in a Huayquerian/Montehermosan terrestrial horizon in the Corral Quemado Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Argentina (2 collections)
• Montehermosan of Argentina (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (6)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences
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