†unranked clade Proborhyaenidae Ameghino 1897 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Sparassodonta - Proborhyaenidae

Alternative spelling: Proborhyaeninae

Synonym: Arminiheringiidae Ameghino 1902

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1897. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)]. Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18(4–9):406-521

Parent taxon: Borhyaenoidea according to R. K. Engelman et al. 2020

See also Ameghino 1897, Ameghino 1902, Babot et al. 2002, de Muizon 1994, de Muizon 1999, Forasiepi 2009, Marshall 1977, Marshall 1978 and Patterson and Marshall 1978

Sister taxa: Borhyaenidae, Chlorocyon, Lycopsis, Mayulestidae

Subtaxa: Arminiheringia Callistoe Paraborhyaena Proborhyaena Thylacosmilinae

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Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Argentina (2 collections)

• Montehermosan of Argentina (2)

• Miocene of Argentina (7)

• Deseadan of Argentina (3), Bolivia (3), Uruguay (1)

• Oligocene of Argentina (1), Chile (1)

• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Eocene of Argentina (5), Brazil (1)

Total: 27 collections including 31 occurrences

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