Mammalia - Sparassodonta

Synonym: Agustylus bardus Ameghino 1889

Belongs to Cladosictis according to L. G. Marshall 1978

Sister taxa: Acyon bardus, Anatherium defossus, Cladosictis centralis, Cladosictis patagonica

Type specimens:

• Cladosictis defossa: MACN 669, a mandible (fragment of right mandibular ramus with roots of i1-3, base of c, base of p1, p2 complete). Its type locality is Cerro Observatorio, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.
• Agustylus bardus: MACN 9, a mandible (fragment of left mandibular ramus with roots of m1-2, m3 complete, m4 missing tip of protoconid—crowns of m3-4 are heavily worn). Its type locality is Santa Cruz, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cladosictis defossa in the database

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.