Lycopsis facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Lycopsis Temporal range: Mid-Late Miocene (Santacrucian-Chasicoan) ~16.3–9.0Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of L. longirostrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Sparassodonta
Superfamily:	†Borhyaenoidea
Genus:	†Lycopsis Cabrera 1927
Species
L. torresi Cabrera 1927 (type species) L. longirostrus Marshall 1976 L. viverensis Forasiepi et al. 2003
Synonyms
Anatherium oxyrhynchus Ameghino 1894

Lycopsis is an extinct genus of South American metatherian. It lived during the Miocene of what is now Colombia.

Lycopsis was more likely an ambush hunter than a pounce-pursuit predator, stalking small-to medium-sized prey. The borhyaenids in general were once arboreal, and later changed their life-style to one of living on the ground. The skeleton of Lycopsis has a mosaic of features which show it was not yet a fast runner on the ground.

Skull

See also

In Spanish: Lycopsis (animal) para niños