Proborhyaena

Proborhyaena
Skull of Proborhyaena gigantea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Sparassodonta
Family: †Proborhyaenidae
Genus: †Proborhyaena
Ameghino, 1897
Species:
†P. gigantea
Binomial name
†Proborhyaena gigantea
Ameghino, 1897

Proborhyaena is an extinct genus of proborhyaenid sparassodont that lived during the Oligocene of South America. It is considered to be the largest of the sparassodonts.

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