Theriodictis tarijensis Ameghino 1902 (canine)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1902. Notas sobre algunos mamíferos fósiles nuevos ó poco conocidos del Valle de Tarija. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires 3(1):225-261

Belongs to Theriodictis according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Theriodictis floridanus, Theriodictis platensis

Type specimen: MACN-Pv 1452, a skull. Its type locality is Tarija, which is in a Pleistocene fluvial horizon in the Tarija Formation of Bolivia.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Theriodictis tarijensis in the database

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