Sparassocynus Mercerat 1898 (opossum)

Mammalia - Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae

Parent taxon: Sparassocynini according to R. M. D. Beck and M. L. Taglioretti 2020

See also Carroll 1988 and Reig and Simpson 1972

Sister taxon: Hesperocynus

Subtaxa: Sparassocynus bahiai Sparassocynus derivatus Sparassocynus maimarai

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Type: Sparassocynus bahiai

Ecology: scansorial omnivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Argentina (8 collections)

• Miocene of Argentina (1)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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