Sipalocyon
Extinct genus of hathliacynid sparassodont
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Sipalocyon is an extinct genus of hathliacynid sparassodont that lived in South America during the Miocene epoch.[1]
| Sipalocyon Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Sparassodonta |
| Family: | †Hathliacynidae |
| Genus: | †Sipalocyon Ameghino, 1887 |
| Type species | |
| Sipalocyon gracilis Ameghino, 1887 | |
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Palaeobiology
The postcranial anatomy of Sipalocyon gracilis, particularly its pseudo-opposable pollex that gave it manipulative ability, suggests it was a scansorial animal.[2]
