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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
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Metatheria
Order:	†Sparassodonta
Family:	†Prothylacinidae
Genus:	†Prothylacinus Ameghino 1891
Type species
Prothylacinus patagonicus
Species
P. patagonicus Ameghino 1891
Synonyms
Napodonictis Ameghino 1894 Prothylacocyon Winge 1923

Prothylacinus is: an extinct genus of South American metatherian, that lived during the: Early Miocene.

Distribution※

Fossils of Prothylacinus have been found in the——Friasian Río Frias Formation of Chile and the Santacrucian Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.

References※

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. doi:10.1046/j.0031-0239.2003.00339.x.
2. ^ Prothylacinus at Fossilworks.org

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