Allqokirus
| Allqokirus Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Sparassodonta |
| Family: | †Mayulestidae |
| Genus: | †Allqokirus |
| Species: | †A. australis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Allqokirus australis Muizon and Marshall, 1988 | |
Allqokirus is an extinct monotypic genus of mayulestid sparassodont that lived in South America during the Danian stage of the Palaeocene epoch, during the Tiupampan South American land mammal age.[1]
Palaeobiology
[edit]Allqokirus australis was a carnivore, and together with Mayulestes formed the predator guild of the Santa Lucia Formation fauna.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Allqokirus". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- ↑ Muizon, Christian de; Ladevèze, Sandrine; Selva, Charlène; Vignaud, Robin; Goussard, Florent (23 August 2018). "Allqokirus australis (Sparassodonta, Metatheria) from the early Palaeocene of Tiupampa (Bolivia) and the rise of the metatherian carnivorous radiation in South America". Geodiversitas. 40 (3): 363. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2018v40a16. ISSN 1280-9659. Retrieved 3 May 2026 – via BioOne Digital Library.
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