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Extinct marsupial-like mammal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prothylacinus is an extinct genus of South American metatherian, that lived during the Early Miocene.[1]
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Genus: | †Prothylacinus Ameghino 1891 |
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Prothylacinus patagonicus | |
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Fossils of Prothylacinus have been found in the Friasian Río Frias Formation of Chile and the Santacrucian Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.[2]
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