Mammalia - Sparassodonta - Borhyaenidae
Alternative combinations: Borhyaena antiqua, Pharsophorus antiquus, Proborhyaena antiqua
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1894. Sur les oiseaux fossiles de Patagonie; et la faune mammalogique des couches à Pyrotherium. Boletin del Instituto Geographico Argentino 15:501-660
Belongs to Australohyaena according to A. M. Forasiepi et al. 2015
See also Ameghino 1894, Ameghino 1897, Marshall 1978 and Patterson and Marshall 1978
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MACN 52-532, a tooth (right upper canine). Its type locality is Deseadan of Patagonia, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial horizon in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Deseadan of Argentina (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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