Pseudonotictis
| Pseudonotictis Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Sparassodonta |
| Family: | †Hathliacynidae |
| Genus: | †Pseudonotictis Marshall, 1981 |
| Type species | |
| Pseudonotictis pusillus Ameighino, 1891 | |
| Other species | |
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Pseudonotictis chubutensis Martín and Tejedor, 2007 | |
Pseudonotictis is an extinct genus of hathliacynid sparassodont that lived in South America during the Burdigalian and Langhian stages of the Miocene epoch.[1]
Description
Pseudonotictis chubutensis differs from Pseudonotictis pusillus, the type species, in that the former is smaller than the latter. P. chubutensis also has a relatively smaller trigon on its M2 than does P. pusillus. In P. chubutensis, the preparacrista is only minimally developed and does not connect to the labial cingulum, unlike the strongly developed preparacrista seen in P. pusillus. Also, the height differential between the paracone and metacone is greater in P. chubutensis than P. pusillus.[2]
References
- ↑ "Pseudonotictis". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- ↑ Martín, Gabriel M.; Tejedor, Marcelo F. (December 2007). "Nueva especie de Pseudonotictis Ameghino (Metatheria, Sparassodonta, Hathliacynidae) del Mioceno medio de Chubut noroccidental, Argentina". Ameghiniana (in Spanish). 44 (4): 747–750. ISSN 0002-7014. Retrieved 3 May 2026 – via ResearchGate.