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