Mammalia - Sparassodonta

Full reference: R. K. Engelman, J. J. Flynn, P. B. Gans, A. R. Wyss, and D. A. Croft. 2018. Chlorocyon phantasma, a Late Eocene Borhyaenoid (Mammalia: Metatheria: Sparassodonta) from the Los Helados Locality, Andean Main Range, Central Chile. American Museum Novitates 3918:1-22

Parent taxon: Borhyaenoidea according to R. K. Engelman et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Borhyaenidae, Lycopsis, Proborhyaenidae

Subtaxa: Chlorocyon phantasma

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Type: Chlorocyon phantasma

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution: found only at Los Helados (Eocene of Chile)

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