Mammalia - Sparassodonta

Full reference: R. K. Engelman, F. Anaya, and D. A. Croft. 2020. Australogale leptognathus, gen. et sp. nov., a second species of small sparassodont (Mammalia: Metatheria) from the middle Miocene locality of Quebrada Honda, Bolivia. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 27:37-54

Parent taxon: Sparassodonta according to R. K. Engelman et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Acyonidae, Amphoproviverridae, Borhyaenoidea, Hondadelphidae, Stylocynus, Thylacosmilidae

Subtaxa: Australogale leptognathus

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Type: Australogale leptognathus

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution: found only at Quebrada Honda (Miocene of Bolivia)

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