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Lycopsis

Mammalia - Sparassodonta

Taxonomy

Lycopsis was named by Goin (1997). Its type is Lycopsis torresi.

It was assigned to Borhyaeninae by Marshall (1977) and Marshall (1978); to Prothylacyninae by Marshall (1979); to Borhyaenidae by Stirton (1953) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Prothylacyninae by Goin (1997); and to Borhyaenoidea by de Muizon (1999).

Species

L. longirostrus, L. padillai, L. torresi (syn. Anatherium oxyrhynchus) (type species), L. viverensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1953	Lycopsis Stirton p. 614
1977	Lycopsis Marshall
1978	Lycopsis Marshall
1979	Lycopsis Marshall
1997	Lycopsis Goin
1997	Lycopsis McKenna and Bell
1999	Lycopsis de Muizon p. 507

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida

Rank	Name	Author
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
subclass	Metatheria	()
—	Marsupialiformes
order	Sparassodonta	()
superfamily	Borhyaenoidea	Ameghino 1894
genus	Lycopsis

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. †Lycopsis Goin 1997

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†Lycopsis longirostrus Marshall 1977

†Lycopsis padillai Suarez et al. 2016

†Lycopsis torresi Cabrera 1927

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Invalid names: Anatherium oxyrhynchus Ameghino 1894 [synonym]

†Lycopsis viverensis Forasiepi et al. 2003

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
L. G. Marshall 1977	Revised diagnosis.-Medium to large size; I?? C1, P3a M44; protocone large on Ml-3, slightly smaller on M4; paracone becomes smaller from MI to M3; metacone becomes relatively (and absolutely) larger than paracone from M1 to M3; upper molars lack stylar shelf; ectocingulum is present labial to paracone; parastyle large; ligamentous mandibular symphysis, unfused in adult; metaconid absent; protoconid trenchant and about twice as high as paraconid; talonid basin large on M1-3, very small on M4; P', has slight oblique implantation labially at anterior end; P22 and P33 are aligned anteroposteriorly; P3 is large but not prominent; canine is only moderately developed.