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Proborhyaena gigantea ✝
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Rank | species | ||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Borhyaenidae : Proborhyaena : Proborhyaena gigantea | ||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Chordata : Mammalia : Sparassodonta : Proborhyaenidae : Proborhyaena : Proborhyaena gigantea | ||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Generic Name | Proborhyaena | ||||||||||
Scientific Name | Proborhyaena gigantea Ameghino, 1897 | ||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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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 | Proborhyaena gigantea Ameghino p. 501 |
1978 | Proborhyaena gigantea Patterson and Marshall |
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!