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Thylacosmilinae

Mammalia - Sparassodonta

Taxonomy
Thylacosmilinae was named by Riggs (1933).

It was reranked as the unranked clade Thylacosmilinae by Engelman et al. (2020).

It was assigned to Borhyaenidae by Riggs (1933); and to Proborhyaenidae by Engelman et al. (2020).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Thylacosmilinae Riggs
2020Thylacosmilinae Engelman et al.

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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
orderSparassodonta()
superfamilyBorhyaenoideaAmeghino 1894
Proborhyaenidae()
Thylacosmilinae()
Thylacosmilinae()

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.

Unr. †Thylacosmilinae Riggs 1933
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G. †Eomakhaira Engelman et al. 2020
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Eomakhaira molossus Engelman et al. 2020
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2013-05-24 23:51:13
Modified: 2013-05-24 08:51:13
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Goin 1997, Clemens 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Chile Eomakhaira molossus (176207)