Project 4893: C. Suarez, A. M. Forasiepi, M. J. Babot, T. Shinmura, J. Luque, R. D. Vanegas, E. A. Cadena, F. J. Goin. 2023. A sabre-tooth predator from the Neotropics: Cranial morphology of Anachlysictis gracilis Goin, 1997 (Metatheria, Thylacosmilidae), based on new specimens from La Venta (Middle Miocene, Colombia). Geodiversitas. 45 (18):497-572.
Specimen: † Anachlysictis gracilis (VPPLT:VPPLT 1612)
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Abstract

The fossil metatherian assemblage from La Venta (Middle Miocene, Colombia) is one of the most diverse in South America, and it is critical to understand the Neogene radiation of this group in this continent. La Venta contains the northernmost record of Thylacosmilidae Riggs, 1933 (Metatheria, Sparassodonta): Anachlysictis gracilis Goin, 1997, the first thylacosmilid species named for the Neotropics. This taxon was described mostly based on mandibular remains. Recent fieldwork and work in collections led to the discovery of new materials for this species, including the most complete skeleton ever found for this Sparassodonta Ameghino, 1894. Here, we present a detailed description of the cranial osteology and dentition of A. gracilis, which elucidates anatomical aspects previously inferred but hitherto unconfirmed. We investigate the phylogeny, and ecomorphological parameters of this taxon (diet and body mass) to set the evolutionary context of the species, understand its paleobiology, and evaluate palaeoecological implications. Additionally, we revise the phylogeny of the thylacosmilids, recovering the traditional classification of the group, differentiated from the proborhyaenids and borhyaenids. This work also proposes a new reconstruction of the external morphology of the head of A. gracilis based on 3D scans of the new referred materials.


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Article DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2023v45a18

Project DOI: 10.7934/P4893, http://dx.doi.org/10.7934/P4893
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  • 52 Taxa
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  • 403 Characters
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    Authors' Institutions

    • University of Cambridge

    • Museo de La Plata

    • Universidad Nacional de la Plata (UNLP)

    • Field Museum of Natural History

    • Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

    • Universidad del Rosario

    • Museo de Historia Natural la Tatacoa

    • Ashoro Museum of Paleontology

    • Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales (IANIGLA)



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    Taxonomic Overview for Matrix 'M29498' (52 Taxa)

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    [1] † prokennalestes
    Taxon name last Modified on 09/21/23
    26113713606001
    [2] † Asioryctes nemegtensis
    Taxon name last Modified on 09/21/23
    148240240015001
    [3] † Maelestes gobiensis
    Taxon name last Modified on 09/21/23
    177214214012001
    [4] † Holoclemensia texana
    Taxon name last Modified on 09/21/23
    334696900001
    [5] † Deltatheroides cretacicus
    Taxon name last Modified on 09/21/23
    331706903001
    [6] † Deltatheridium pretrituberculare
    Taxon name last Modified on 09/21/23
    17722221808001
    [7] † Kokopellia juddi
    Taxon name last Modified on 09/21/23
    29910510300001
    [8] † Eodelphis browni
    Taxon name last Modified on 09/21/23
    24216315902001
    [9] † Didelphodon vorax
    Taxon name last Modified on 09/21/23
    15824524203001
    [10] † pediomyidae
    Taxon name last Modified on 09/21/23
    24916115301001
    [11] † Alphadon spp.
    Taxon name last Modified on 09/21/23
    28412811900001
    [12] † Asiatherium reshetovi
    Taxon name last Modified on 09/21/23
    21019319201001
    [13] † Herpetotherium fugax
    Taxon name last Modified on 09/21/23
    9831330203001
    [14] † Mimoperadectes spp.
    Taxon name last Modified on 09/21/23
    22019218102001
    [15] Didelphis albiventris
    Taxon name last Modified on 09/21/23
    142439705001
    [16] Metachirus nudicaudatus
    Taxon name last Modified on 09/21/23
    2338037505001
    [17] Monodelphis spp.
    Taxon name last Modified on 09/21/23
    141939804001
    [18] Dromiciops gliroides
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    739438808001
    [19] Dasyurus spp.
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    741138808001
    [20] Sminthopsis crassicaudata
    Taxon name last Modified on 09/21/23
    839539005001
    [21] † Thylacinus cynocephalus
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    [22] † Pucadelphys andinus
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    [23] † Andinodelphys cochabambensis
    Taxon name last Modified on 09/21/23
    2438437603001
    [24] † Mayulestes ferox
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    [25] † Allqokirus australis
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    16323723703001
    [26] † Patene simpsoni
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    [27] † Hondadelphys fieldsi
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    [28] † Stylocynus paranensis
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    [29] † UF 27881
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    [30] † Sallacyon hoffstetteri
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    [31] † Notogale mitis
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    [32] † Sipalocyon spp.
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    [33] † Acyon myctoderos
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    [34] † Cladosictis patagonica
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    [35] † Lycopsis longirostrus
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    [36] † Lycopsis padillai
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    [37] † Lycopsis torresi
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    [38] † Lycopsis viverensis
    Taxon name last Modified on 09/21/23
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    [39] † Prothylacynus patagonicus
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    44350343016001
    [40] † Pharsophorus lacerans
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    24315415208001
    [41] † Borhyaena tuberata
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    [42] † Arctodictis munizi
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    179204204020001
    [43] † Arctodictis sinclairi
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    [44] † Australohyaena antiquua
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    [45] † Callistoe vincei
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    [46] † Paraborhyaena boliviana
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    [47] † Patagosmilus goini
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    [48] † Thylacosmilus atrox
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    [49] † Proborhyaena gigantea
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    [50] † Eomakhaira molossus
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    [51] † IGM 251108
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    [52] † Anachlysictis gracilis
    Taxon name last Modified on 09/21/23
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