Name - Thylacosmilus Riggs 1933

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:727213 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Thylacosmilus

• Hyaenodonops Ameghino 1908

• Notosmilus Kraglievich 1960

• Achlysictis Ameghino 1891

• Acrohyaenodon Ameghino 1904

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Original Description Reference

• Preliminary de-scription of a new Marsupial Sabertooth from the Pliocene of Argentina. Field Museum Publications Chicago Geological Series, 6 1933: pp. 61-65. [Zoological Record Volume 70]

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Recent Publications

• News on the biology and taxonomy of the marsupials Thylacosmilidae (Late Tertiary of Argentina).
• Evolution of the Thylacosmilidae, extinct saber-tooth marsupials of South America.
• Preliminary de-scription of a new Marsupial Sabertooth from the Pliocene of Argentina.

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