Cladosictis

Cladosictis
Temporal range: Early-Mid Miocene (Colhuehuapian-Friasian)
~21.0–15.5 Ma
A lower jaw fragment of Cladosictis lustratus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Sparassodonta
Family: †Hathliacynidae
Genus: †Cladosictis
Ameghino 1887
Species
  • C. centralis Ameghino 1902
  • C. defossa (Ameghino 1887)
  • C. patagonica Ameghino 1887
Synonyms
  • Agustylus Ameghino 1887
  • Anatherium Ameghino 1887
  • Hathliacynus Ameghino 1887
  • Ictioborus Ameghino 1891

Cladosictis (meaning "branch weasel") is an extinct genus of South American metatherian from Patagonia, Argentina (Chichinales, Cerro Bandera, Sarmiento and Santa Cruz Formations) and Chile (Río Frias Formation).[1]

  1. ^ Cladosictis Archived 2021-12-30 at the Wayback Machine at Fossilworks.org