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Borhyaenoidea

Mammalia - Sparassodonta

Taxonomy
Borhyaenoidea was named by Ameghino (1894) [1894a]. It was considered monophyletic by de Muizon (1999) and Forasiepi (2009).

It was assigned to Marsupialia by Marshall (1978) and Patterson and Marshall (1978); to Didelphimorphia by de Muizon (1999); and to Sparassodonta by Goin (1997) and Forasiepi (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Borhyaenoidea Ameghino
1978Borhyaenoidea Marshall
1978Borhyaenoidea Patterson and Marshall
1997Borhyaenoidea Goin
1999Borhyaenoidea de Muizon p. 483
2009Borhyaenoidea Forasiepi pp. 105-106

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
orderSparassodonta()
superfamilyBorhyaenoideaAmeghino 1894
superfamilyBorhyaenoideaAmeghino 1894

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.

Superfm. †Borhyaenoidea Ameghino 1894
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Unr. †Borhyaenidae Savage 1951
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G. †Angelocabrerus Simpson 1970
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†Angelocabrerus daptes Simpson 1970
G. †Argyrolestes Ameghino 1902
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†Argyrolestes peralestinus Ameghino 1902
G. †Australohyaena Forasiepi et al. 2015
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†Australohyaena antiqua Ameghino 1894
Subfm. †Borhyaeninae Ameghino 1894
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G. †Acrocyon Ameghino 1887
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†Acrocyon riggsi Sinclair 1930
†Acrocyon sectorius Ameghino 1887
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Invalid names: Acrocyon eguianus Mercerat 1891 [synonym]
G. †Arctodictis Mercerat 1891
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†Arctodictis munizi Mercerat 1891
†Arctodictis sinclairi Marshall 1978
G. †Borhyaena Ameghino 1887
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†Borhyaena macrodonta Ameghino 1902
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Invalid names: Pseudoborhyaena longaeva Ameghino 1902 [synonym]
†Borhyaena tuberata Ameghino 1887
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Invalid names: Acrocyon patagonensis Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Arctodictis australis Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Borhyaena fera Ameghinor 1891 [synonym], Borhyaena sanguinaria Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Borhyaena zitteli Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Conodonictis exterminator Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Conodonictis rapax Cabrera 1927 [synonym], Conodonictis saeva Ameghino 1891 [synonym]
Invalid names: Conodonictis Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Dynamictis Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Pseudoborhyaena Ameghino 1902 [synonym]
G. †Eutemnodus Bravard 1858
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†Eutemnodus acutidens Riggs and Patterson
†Eutemnodus americanus Bravard 1858
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Invalid names: Apera sanguinaria Ameghino 1886 [synonym], Hyaenodon sudamericanus Burmeister 1891 [synonym]
†Eutemnodus propampina Ameghino 1891
Invalid names: Apera Ameghino 1886 [synonym]
Invalid names: Conodonictidae Ameghino 1935 [synonym], Sparassodontidae Roger 1896 [synonym]
G. †Eutemodus Bravard 1858
G. †Fredszalaya Shockey and Anaya 2008
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†Fredszalaya hunteri Shockey and Anaya 2008
G. †Nemolestes Ameghino 1902
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†Nemolestes brasiliensis Rangel et al. 2023
†Nemolestes lagunafriensis Rangel et al. 2023
†Nemolestes spalacotherinus Ameghino 1902
G. †Pharsophorus Ameghino 1897
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†Pharsophorus lacerans Ameghino 1897
†Pharsophorus tenax Ameghino 1897
Invalid names: Plesiofelis Roth 1903 [synonym]
Subfm. †Prothylacyninae Ameghino 1894
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G. †Dukecynus Goin 1997
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†Dukecynus magnus Goin 1997
G. †Prothylacynus Ameghino 1891
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†Prothylacynus patagonicus Ameghino 1891
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Invalid names: Agustylus carnifex Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Borhyaena excavata Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Napodonictis thylacynoides Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Prothylacynus brachyrhynchus Ameghino 1894 [synonym]
Invalid names: Napodonictis Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Prothylacocyon Winge 1923 [objective synonym]
G. †Pseudolycopsis Marschall 1976
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†Pseudolycopsis cabrerai Marshall 1976
G. †Pseudothylacynus Ameghino 1902
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†Pseudothylacynus rectus Ameghino 1902
G. †Chlorocyon Engelman et al. 2018
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†Chlorocyon phantasma Engelman et al. 2018
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
Unr. †Proborhyaenidae Ameghino 1897
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G. †Arminiheringia Ameghino 1902
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†Arminiheringia auceta Ameghino 1902
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Invalid names: Arminiheringia cultrata Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Dilestes dilobus Ameghino 1902 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dilestes Ameghino 1902 [synonym]
G. †Callistoe Babot et al. 2002
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†Callistoe vincei Babot et al. 2002
G. †Paraborhyaena Hoffstetter and Petter 1983
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†Paraborhyaena boliviana Hoffstetter and Petter 1983
G. †Proborhyaena Ameghino 1897
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†Proborhyaena gigantea Ameghino 1897
Unr. †Thylacosmilinae Riggs 1933
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G. †Eomakhaira Engelman et al. 2020
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†Eomakhaira molossus Engelman et al. 2020
Invalid names: Arminiheringiidae Ameghino 1902 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available