Tag Archive for 'Sparassodont'

Track-bearing slab T-373 from King George Island, Antarctica. Sclae bar - 10 mm. Image credit: Mansilla-Vera et al., doi: 10.1007/s00300-026-03539-1.

55-Million-Year-Old Predatory Mammal Footprint Found in Antarctica

Aug 31, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

A single fossilized footprint found in volcanic mud on a remote Antarctic island is the first known trackway from a mammal in Antarctica, and the earliest...

The right lower canine of a large proborhyaenid sparassodont from the Tremembé Formation, Brazil. Scale bars - 5 mm in (A-E) and 20 mm in (H). Image credit: Rangel et al., doi: 10.4072/rbp.2025.2.0534.

Fossil of Carnivorous ‘Swamp Monster’ Found in Brazil

Oct 24, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have uncovered the fossilized lower right canine of a large proborhyaenid sparassodont in the Taubaté Basin of Brazil. The right lower...

Reconstruction of Anachlysictis gracilis stalking some rodents (Neoreomys huilensis) in the La Venta area during Middle Miocene. Image credit: Juan Giraldo.

Exceptional Fossil of Saber-Toothed Marsupial Relative Unearthed in Colombia

Oct 13, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

The new fossil material belonging to Anachlysictis gracilis, including an almost complete specimen consisting of a nicely preserved skull and postcranial...

Life reconstruction of Thylacosmilus atrox. Image credit: Jorge Blanco.

Study: Thylacosmilus atrox Adapted to View the World in Unique Way

Mar 22, 2023 by News Staff

Paleontologists from the American Museum of Natural History, the Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales and CONICET investigated...

This image shows Arctodictis sinclairi. It belonged to the same order of mammals as the newly discovered Bolivian species. Image credit: Analia M. Forasiepi.

New Sparassodont Discovered in Bolivia

May 13, 2014 by News Staff

Paleontologists from the Case Western Reserve University have discovered a fossil of a kitten-sized predator that lived in what is now Bolivia during the...