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SPARASSODONTA

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 608 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SPARASSODONTA  , a zoological name applied to a

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group of
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primitive carnivorous mammals from the
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Santa Cruz beds of
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Patagonia, represented by the genera Borhyaena, Prothylacinus, Amphiproviverra, &c . By their first describer, Dr F . Ameghino, they were regarded as nearly related to the marsupials . They are, however, more probably members of the creodont
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Carnivora (see
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CREODONTA) .

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Creo que lo contrario: Ameghino pensaba que eran cercanos a Carnivora, y Marshall fue uno de los primeros en decir que eran obviamente Marsupiales, relacionandolos a Thylacinus. Ahora se piensa a los Borhyaenidae como grupo cercano a los Didelphiidae.
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