| Prothylacinus | |
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| Life restoration ofP. patagonicus andInteratherium 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 | |
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Prothylacinus is an extinct genus of South Americanmetatherian, that lived during theEarly Miocene.[1]
Fossils ofProthylacinus have been found in theFriasianRío Frias Formation of Chile and theSantacrucianSanta Cruz Formation of Argentina.[2]
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