Prothylacinus

Prothylacinus Temporal range: Early Miocene (Santacrucian-Friasian) ~16.0–15.5  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Life restoration of P. patagonicus and Interatherium robustum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	† Sparassodonta
Family:	† Prothylacinidae
Genus:	† Prothylacinus Ameghino, 1891
Type species
Prothylacinus patagonicus Ameghino, 1891
Synonyms
NapodonictisAmeghino, 1894 Prothylacocyon Winge, 1923

Prothylacinus is an extinct genus of South American metatherian, that lived during the Early Miocene. ^[1]

Distribution

Fossils of Prothylacinus have been found in the Friasian Río Frias Formation of Chile and the Santacrucian Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina. ^[2]

Restored skeleton

References

• Paleontology portal
• Prehistoric mammals portal

1. Argot, C. (2003). "Functional adaptations of the postcranial skeleton of two Miocene borhyaenoids (Mammalia, Metatheria), Borhyaena and Prothylacinus, from South America". Palaeontology. 46 (6): 1213–1267. Bibcode:2003Palgy..46.1213A. doi: 10.1046/j.0031-0239.2003.00339.x .
2. Prothylacinus at Fossilworks.org