†Pharsophorus tenax Ameghino 1897 (metatherian)
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Mammalia - Sparassodonta - Borhyaenidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1897. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)]. Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18(4–9):406-521
Belongs to Pharsophorus according to F. Ameghino 1897
See also Patterson and Marshall 1978
Sister taxon: Pharsophorus lacerans
Type specimen: AC 3004 (neotype), a mandible (dentary m2-4)
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cabeza Blanca ( of Argentina)
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