Borhyaena
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Borhyaena is an extinct genus of South American metatherian, living between 17.5 and 15.5 million years ago in Patagonia, Argentina (Santa Cruz and Sarmiento Formations) and Chile (Río Frias Formation).[1]
Description
Borhyaena was a predator and had a large head and a long, powerful neck similar to living hyenas. Its legs were cursorial, albeit less specialized than those of wolves or the marsupial thylacine. The most complete specimen is estimated to have weighted Script error: No such module "convert". and stood Script error: No such module "convert". at the shoulders.[2]
References
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- ↑ Borhyaena at Fossilworks.org
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- Sparassodonta
- Miocene mammals of South America
- Friasian
- Santacrucian
- Colhuehuapian
- Neogene Argentina
- Fossils of Argentina
- Neogene Chile
- Fossils of Chile
- Fossil taxa described in 1887
- Taxa named by Florentino Ameghino
- Prehistoric mammal genera
- Golfo San Jorge Basin
- Sarmiento Formation