Mammalia - Sparassodonta - Thylacosmilidae

Synonyms: Achlysictis lelongi Ameghino 1891, Thylacosmilus lentis Riggs 1933

Full reference: E. S. Riggs. 1933. Preliminary description of a new marsupial sabertooth fom the Pliocene of Argentina. Geological Series of Field Museum of Natural History 6:61-66

Belongs to Thylacosmilus according to Riggs 1933

See also Cione et al. 2000, Forasiepi and Carlini 2010 and Quiroga 1988

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Thylacosmilus atrox: P 14531, a partial skeleton (skull and parts of skeleton). Its type locality is Corral Quemado, which is in a Huayquerian/Montehermosan terrestrial horizon in the Corral Quemado Formation of Argentina.
• Achlysictis lelongi:
• Thylacosmilus lentis: FMNH 14474. Its type locality is Puerta de Corral Quemado, which is in a Huayquerian/Montehermosan terrestrial horizon in the Corral Quemado Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution:

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