Prothylacinus

Prothylacinus is an extinct genus of South American metatherian, that lived during the Early Miocene.^[1]

Prothylacinus Temporal range: Early Miocene (Santacrucian-Friasian) ~16.0–15.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Life restoration of P. patagonicus and Interatherium robustum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Sparassodonta
Family:	†Prothylacinidae
Genus:	†Prothylacinus Ameghino, 1891
Type species
Prothylacinus patagonicus Ameghino, 1891
Synonyms
Napodonictis Ameghino, 1894 Prothylacocyon Winge, 1923

Distribution

Fossils of Prothylacinus have been found in the Friasian Río Frias Formation of Chile and the Santacrucian Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.^[2]

Restored skeleton