Chasicostylus Reig 1957 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Sparassodonta

Full reference: O. A. Reig. 1957. Nota previa sobre los marsupiales de la Formación Chasicó. Ameghiniana 57(3):27-31

Parent taxon: Hathlyacyninae according to L. G. Marshall 1981

See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Reig 1957

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

Subtaxa: Chasicostylus castroi

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Type: Chasicostylus castroi

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution: found only at Arroyo Chasicó (Miocene of Argentina)

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