Anachlysictis Goin, 1997

Suarez, Catalina, Forasiepi, Analia M., Babot, María Judith, Shinmura, Tatsuya, Luque, Javier, Vanegas, Rubén D., Cadena, Edwin A. & Goin, Francisco J., 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), pp. 497-572 : 503

Genus Anachlysictis Goin, 1997

TYPE SPECIES. — Anachlysictis gracilis Goin, 1997 by original designation.

INCLUDED SPECIES. — Type species only.

OCCURRENCE. — La Venta area (La Tatacoa Desert, Upper Magdalena Valley, Huila Department, Colombia; Fig. 1 ); Laventan SALMA (13.5-11.8 Ma.), Middle Miocene.

DIAGNOSIS. — The same as the type species ( Goin 1997: 202).

Figures

FIG. 1. — Geographical setting of the study area, indicating the collection points of specimens referred to Anachlysictis gracilis Goin, 1997 and generalized stratigraphic position. 1, IGM locality 75 (specimen IGM 184247, holotype); 2, UCMP locality V4531 (“Cerro Gordo 2”: specimen UCMP 39705); 3, VPPLT locality “Finca Tres Pasos” (specimen VPPLT-1612).