Mammalia - Sparassodonta

Synonym: Simpsonia Contreras 1990 [replaced name]

Full reference: A. Mones. 2014. Contrerascynus, new name for Simpsonia Contreras, 1990 (Mammalia, Sparassodonta, Hathlyacynidae), non Rochebrune, 1904 (Bivalvia, Unionidae), non Baker, 1911 (Gastropoda, Lymnaeidae). Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 17(3):435

Parent taxon: Hathlyacynidae according to A. Mones 2014

See also Contreras 1990

Sister taxa: Acyon, Acyonidae, Amphoproviverridae, Andinogale, Borhyaenidium, Chasicostylus, Cladictidae, Cladosictidae, Cladosictinae, Cladosictis, Notictis, Notocynus, Notogale, Patene, Perathereutes, Procladosictis, Pseudocladosictis, Pseudocladosictis determinabile, Pseudonotictis, Sallacyon, Sipalocyon

Subtaxa: Contrerascynus borhyaenoides

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Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution: found only at Quebrada Ullum (Miocene of Argentina)

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