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