†Lycopsis torresi Cabrera 1927 (metatherian)
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Synonym: Anatherium oxyrhynchus Ameghino 1894
Full reference: A. Cabrera. 1927. Los Dasiuroideos Fósiles Argentinos. Revista del Museo de La Plata 30:271-315
Belongs to Lycopsis according to L. G. Marshall 1979
See also Cabrera 1927, Marshall 1977 and Marshall 1978
Sister taxa: Lycopsis longirostrus, Lycopsis padillai, Lycopsis viverensis
Type specimens:
- Lycopsis torresi: MLP 11-113, a partial skull (Partial maxilla with Right M1-M4, Left P2, and Left M1-M4; Right mandible with c, p1-p3 and m2-m4; Left mandible with p2-m4). Its type locality is Barrancas del Río Santa Cruz, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.
- Anatherium oxyrhynchus: MACN 5930, a mandible (left mandibular ramus with alveolus of c, alveoli of p1, posterior half of p2, p3 complete, roots of m1, talonid of m2, and greater part of m3-4). Its type locality is Puesto Estancia La Costa, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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