Borhyaena macrodonta Ameghino 1902 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Sparassodonta - Borhyaenidae

Alternative combination: Pseudoborhyaena macrodonta

Synonym: Pseudoborhyaena longaeva Ameghino 1902

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1902. Première contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique des couches à Colpodon [First contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Colopdon Beds]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 17:71-141

Belongs to Borhyaena according to L. G. Marshall 1978

See also Ameghino 1902 and Goin et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Borhyaena tuberata, Dinamictis fera

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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