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Project 2604: C. Suarez, A. M. Forasiepiad, F. J. Goinab, C. Jaramilloc. 2016. Insights into the Neotropics prior to the Great American Biotic Interchange: new evidence of mammalian predators from the Miocene of Northern Colombia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36 (1):e1029581.

Specimen: † Didelphodon vorax (unvouchered)
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Abstract

A new species of Sparassodonta (Mammalia, Metatheria), Lycopsis padillai, sp. nov., is described on the basis of a partial left maxilla with M1–M4 and fragments of lacrimal and jugal. The material comes from the early to early middle Miocene Castilletes Formation, La Guajira Peninsula, Colombia. This specimen represents the northernmost record of a fossil metatherian in South America and integrates a highly diverse vertebrate association, recently discovered in the north of Colombia. The La Guajira specimen is referred to the genus Lycopsis, as supported by the results of our phylogenetic analysis. This analysis also demonstrates that species of Lycopsis (L. torresi, L. longirostrus, L. viverensis, and L. padillai) constitute a monophyletic group and are placed as the basal taxon of Borhyaenoidea. Lycopsis padillai is a large-sized sparassodont with a body mass of about 22 kg. The presence of Lycopsis from La Guajira extends the geographical distribution of the genus to the entire South America, representing the sparassodont with the widest latitudinal distribution.

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Article DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2015.1029581

Project DOI: 10.7934/P2604, http://dx.doi.org/10.7934/P2604

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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

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Taxonomic Overview for Matrix 'M24444' (43 Taxa)

taxon	unscored cells	scored cells	no cell support	NPA cells	"-" cells	cell images	labels on cell images	member access
[1] † Deltatheroides cretacicus Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	263	41	41	0	3	0	0	1
[2] † Deltatheridium pretrituberculare Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	148	158	155	0	4	0	0	1
[3] † Holoclemensia texana Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	255	52	52	0	0	0	0	1
[4] † Didelphodon vorax Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	183	125	123	0	1	0	0	1
[5] † Eodelphis cutleri Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	213	99	93	0	1	0	0	1
[6] † Kokopellia juddi Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	237	71	70	0	0	0	0	1
[7] † Pediomyidae Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	198	118	109	0	0	0	0	1
[8] † Alphadon spp. Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	221	95	86	0	0	0	0	1
[9] † Asiatherium reshetovi Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	163	144	143	0	1	0	0	1
[10] † Mayulestes ferox Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	45	260	259	0	3	0	0	1
[11] † Pucadelphys andinus Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	29	277	275	0	3	0	0	1
[12] † Andinodelphys cochabambensis Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	105	201	199	0	3	0	0	1
[13] † Herpetotherium fugax Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	97	217	208	0	2	0	0	1
[14] † Mimoperadectes houdei Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	179	140	128	0	0	0	0	1
[15] Didelphis albiventris Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	0	330	303	0	4	0	0	1
[16] Monodelphis spp. Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	8	319	296	0	3	0	0	1
[17] Dromiciops gliroides Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	8	298	293	0	6	0	0	1
[18] Dasyurus spp. Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	5	317	297	0	5	0	0	1
[19] Sminthopsis crassicaudata Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	9	302	297	0	1	0	0	1
[20] † Thylacinus cynocephalus Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	7	295	288	0	12	0	0	1
[21] † Patene simpsoni Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	237	71	70	0	0	0	0	1
[22] † Sallacyon hoffstetteri Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	226	77	76	0	5	0	0	1
[23] † Notogale mitis Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	218	82	82	0	7	0	0	1
[24] † Acyon myctoderos Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	165	135	134	0	8	0	0	1
[25] † Cladosictis patagonica Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	37	278	264	0	6	0	0	1
[26] † Sipalocyon spp. Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	54	250	246	0	7	0	0	1
[27] † Hondadelphys fieldsi Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	167	140	140	0	0	0	0	1
[28] † Prothylacynus patagonicus Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	41	261	256	0	10	0	0	1
[29] † Stylocynus paranensis Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	244	64	63	0	0	0	0	1
[30] † Borhyaena tuberata Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	49	252	246	0	12	0	0	1
[31] † Arctodictis munizi Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	142	154	154	0	11	0	0	1
[32] † Arctodictis sinclairi Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	18	277	277	0	12	0	0	1
[33] † Pharsophorus lacerans Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	200	109	105	0	2	0	0	1
[34] † Thylacosmilus atrox Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	55	237	232	0	20	0	0	1
[35] † Paraborhyaena boliviana Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	239	67	67	0	1	0	0	1
[36] † UF 27881 Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	269	41	36	0	2	0	0	1
[37] † Callistoe vincei Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	88	217	215	0	4	0	0	1
[38] † Patagosmilus goini Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	244	57	55	0	8	0	0	1
[39] † Australohyaena antiqua Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	150	147	147	0	10	0	0	1
[40] Lycopsis longirostrus Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	105	198	196	0	6	0	0	1
[41] † Lycopsis padillai Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	275	30	29	0	3	0	0	1
[42] † Lycopsis torresi Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	234	70	67	0	6	0	0	1
[43] † Lycopsis viverensis Taxon name last Modified on 01/30/17	234	69	67	0	6	0	0	1

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