Lycopsis

Lycopsis
Temporal range: Middle Miocene
Fossil of L. longirostris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Metatheria
Order: Sparassodonta
Family: Borhyaenidae
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.[1]

References

  1. Argot, C. (2004). "Functional-adaptive analysis of the postcranial skeleton of a Laventan borhyaenoid, Lycopsis longirostris (Marsupialia, Mammalia)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24 (3): 689. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0689:FAOTPS]2.0.CO;2.
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