Sallacyon Villarroel and Marshall 1982 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Sparassodonta

Full reference: C. Villarroel and L. G. Marshall. 1982. Geology of the Deseadan (early Oligocene) age Estratos Salla in the Salla-Luribay basin, Bolivia, with description of new marsupialia. Geobios 6:201-211

Parent taxon: Hathliacynidae according to C. J. de Muizon 1999

See also de Muizon 1994 and Villarroel and Marshall 1982

Sister taxa: Acyon, Acyonidae, Amphoproviverridae, Andinogale, Borhyaenidium, Chasicostylus, Cladictidae, Cladosictidae, Cladosictinae, Cladosictis, Contrerascynus, Notictis, Notocynus, Notogale, Patene, Perathereutes, Procladosictis, Pseudocladosictis, Pseudocladosictis determinabile, Pseudonotictis, Sipalocyon

Subtaxa: Sallacyon hoffstetteri

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Type: Sallacyon hoffstetteri

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution:

• Deseadan of Argentina (1 collection), Bolivia (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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