Notocynus hermosicus Mercerat 1891 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Sparassodonta

Belongs to Notocynus according to L. G. Marshall 1981

See also Rovereto 1914

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MLP 11-91, a mandible (fragment of left mandibular ramus with roots of c and p1, base of p2, roots of p3-m2 (crown of m1 was lost between 1927 and 1981), m3 present, but missing tips ). Its type locality is Monte Hermoso, which is in a Montehermosan terrestrial siltstone in the Monte Hermoso Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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