Amphiproviverra manzaniana Ameghino 1891 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Sparassodonta

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1891. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles descubiertos por Carlos Ameghino en el Eoceno inferior de la Patagonia austral. – Especies nuevas, adiciones y correcciones [New remains of fossil mammals discovered by Carlos Ameghino in the lower Eocene of southern Patagonia. – New species, additions, and corrections]. Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1:289-328

Belongs to Amphiproviverra according to F. Ameghino 1894

Sister taxa: Sipalocyon externus, Sipalocyon gracilis, Sipalocyon obusta, Protoproviverra palaeonictides, Amphiproviverra obtusa

Type specimen: MACN 691 through 703, a partial skeleton (left and right mandibular ramus with teeth (691), left maxilla and premaxilla with teeth (692), fragmentary postcrania (693-703))

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Amphiproviverra manzaniana in the database

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