Pseudonotictis pusillus Ameghino 1891

Mammalia - Sparassodonta

Alternative combination: Sipalocyon pusillus

Synonyms: Hathliacynus kobyi Mercerat 1891, Hathlyacynus kobyi Mercerat 1891

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1891. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles descubiertos por Carlos Ameghino en el Eoceno inferior de la Patagonia austral. – Especies nuevas, adiciones y correcciones [New remains of fossil mammals discovered by Carlos Ameghino in the lower Eocene of southern Patagonia. – New species, additions, and corrections]. Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1:289-328

Belongs to Pseudonotictis according to L. G. Marshall 1981

See also Ameghino 1891, Ameghino 1894 and Marshall 1978

Sister taxon: Pseudonotictis chubutensis

Type specimens:

  • Pseudonotictis pusillus: MACN 666, a mandible (fragment of right ramus with alveoli of i1-3, c, p1-2, anterior root of p3, posterior half of p3, anterior half of m1, posterior root of m1, anterior alveolus o). Its type locality is Cerro Observatorio, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.
  • Hathliacynus kobyi: MLP 11-26, a partial skeleton (left dentary with p1, p3-m4; right dentary with p1-3; skull fragments including right maxilla with M2; humerus, radius, ulna, metapodials). Its type locality is Monte León, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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