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Sparassocynus

Mammalia - Didelphimorphia

Taxonomy
Sparassocynus was named by Mercerat (1898). It is not extant. Its type is Sparassocynus bahiai.

It was assigned to Sparassocyninae by Reig (1958); to Didelphidae by Carroll (1988); and to Sparassocynini by Beck and Taglioretti (2020).

Species
S. bahiai (type species), S. derivatus, S. maimarai

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Sparassocynus Mercerat
1958Sparassocynus Reig
1988Sparassocynus Carroll
2020Sparassocynus Beck and Taglioretti

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AmeridelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDidelphimorphiaGill 1872
—Didelphidae()
—SparassocyniniReig 1958
genusSparassocynusMercerat 1898

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Sparassocynus Mercerat 1898
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†Sparassocynus bahiai Mercerat 1898
†Sparassocynus derivatus Reig and Simpson 1972
†Sparassocynus maimarai Abello et al. 2015
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2013-05-24 08:50:31
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Chapadmalalan or 7.24600 to 3.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Argentina (Jujuy) S. maimarai (152079)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) S. bahiai (13503 198863) S. sp. (152081)
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan5.0 - 3.0Argentina (Catamarca) S. sp. (157795)
Chapadmalalan4.0 - 3.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) S. derivatus (198699 198849 198852)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Buenos Aires) S. derivatus (199157)