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Eomakhaira

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Eomakhaira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Sparassodonta
Family: Thylacosmilidae
Genus: Eomakhaira
Engelman et al, 2020
Species:
E. molossus
Binomial name
Eomakhaira molossus
Engelman et al, 2020

Eomakhaira is an extinct genus of thylacosmilid sparassodont known from the Oligocene Abanico Formation of Chile. It contains a single species, Eomakhaira molossus.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Engelman, Russell K.; Flynn, John J.; Wyss, André R.; Croft, Darin A. (July 2020). "Eomakhaira molossus, A New Saber-Toothed Sparassodont (Metatheria: Thylacosmilinae) from the Early Oligocene (?Tinguirirican) Cachapoal Locality, Andean Main Range, Chile". American Museum Novitates (3957): 1–75. doi:10.1206/3957.1. ISSN 0003-0082. S2CID 220601822.