Alternative combinations: Cladosictis externa, Sipalocyon externa
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1902. Première contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique des couches à Colpodon [First contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Colopdon Beds]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 17:71-141
Belongs to Sipalocyon according to F. Goin et al. 2007
See also Ameghino 1902 and Marshall 1981
Sister taxa: Sipalocyon gracilis, Sipalocyon obusta, Amphiproviverra obtusa, Amphiproviverra manzaniana, Protoproviverra palaeonictides
Type specimen: MACN 52-383, a partial skull (partial skull with left P3-M3). Its type locality is Gran Barranca - southern cliff of lake Colhué Huapí, which is in a Colhuehuapian terrestrial horizon in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution: found only at Gran Barranca - southern cliff of lake Colhué Huapí
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