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Lycopsis longirostris

Lycopsis
Temporal range: Middle Miocene
Lycopsis longirostris AMNH.jpg
Fossil of L. longirostrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Metatheria
Order: Sparassodonta
Superfamily: Borhyaenoidea
Genus: Lycopsis
[Cabrera, 1927
Species
  • L. torresi Cabrera, 1927 (type species)
  • L. longirostrus Marshall, 1976c
  • L viverensis Forasiepi et al., 2003
Synonyms
  • Anatherium oxyrhynchus, Ameghino, 1894a

Lycopsis is an extinct genus of South American metatherian, that lived during the Miocene in Argentina and Colombia.

Cladogram after the analysis of Suárez et al., 2015:

Patene

Hondadelphys

Stylocynus

Acyon

Cladosictis

Sipalocyon

Notogale

Sallacyon

Lycopsis longirostrus

Lycopsis viverensis

Lycopsis torresi

Lycopsis padillai

Prothylacynus

Pharsophorus

Borhyaena

Australohyaena

Arctodictis sinclairi

Arctodictis munizi

Callistoe

Paraborhyaena

Patagosmilus

Thylacosmilus


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