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Pharsophorus tenax ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Borhyaenidae : Pharsophorus : Pharsophorus tenax | |||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Chordata : Mammalia : Sparassodonta : Borhyaenidae : Pharsophorus : Pharsophorus tenax | |||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Generic Name | Pharsophorus | |||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Pharsophorus tenax Ameghino, 1897 | |||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 29.0 - 21.0 Ma Cenozoic | |||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 29.0 - 21.0 Ma Cenozoic | |||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Sparassodonta) | |||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) | |||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Sparassodonta) | |||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | viviparous (based on Theria) | |||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | F. Ameghino. 1897. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)]. Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18(4–9):406-521 |
Fossil Distribution
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1897 | Pharsophorus tenax Ameghino p. 504 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
