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⇱ Borhyaeninae

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Borhyaeninae ✝

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)53718https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=53718
Ranksubfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Chordata : Mammalia : Sparassodonta : Borhyaenidae : Borhyaeninae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
subfamilyBorhyaeninaeAmeghino 1894
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Borhyaeninaesubfamilybelongs to Borhyaenidaestated with evidenceMarshall, 1977
Borhyaeninaesubfamilybelongs to Borhyaenidaestated without evidencePatterson and Marshall, 1978
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)15
First Recorded Appearance47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance13.8 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Sparassodonta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Sparassodonta)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Theria)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)L. G. Marshall. 1978. Evolution of the Borhyaenidae, extinct South American predaceous marsupials. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 117:1-89

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Artodictis ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1023.0 Ma
Miocene		13.8 Ma
Miocene
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Borhyaena ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		2123.0 Ma
Miocene		16.0 Ma
Miocene
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Eutemnodus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1894Borhyaeninae Ameghino
1896Sparassodontidae Roger p. 16
1935Conodonictidae Ameghino p. 131
1977Borhyaeninae Marshall p. 419
1978Borhyaeninae Marshall
1978Borhyaeninae Patterson and Marshall
1999Borhyaeninae de Muizon p. 506
2007Borhyaeninae Goin et al.

References

Marshall L. G. (1978) Evolution of the Borhyaenidae, extinct South American predaceous marsupials, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 117, 1-89
Patterson B., Marshall L. G. (1978) The Deseadan, Early Oligocene, Marsupialia of South America, Fieldiana Geology 41 2, 1-100
de Muizon C. J. (1999) Marsupial skulls from the Deseadan (late Oligocene) of Bolivia and phylogenetic analysis of the Borhyaenoidea (Marsupialia, Mammalia), Geobios 32 3, 483-509
Goin F., Abello A., et al (2007) Los Metatheria sudamericanos de comienzos del Neógeno (Mioceno Temprano, Edad-mamí­fero Colhuehuapense). Parte I: Introducción, Didelphimorphia y Sparassodonta, Ameghiniana 44 1, 29-71
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!
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