Eomakhaira is an extinct genus of thylacosmilid sparassodont known from the Oligocene Abanico Formation of Chile. It contains a single species, Eomakhaira molossus.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Sparassodonta |
| Family: | †Thylacosmilidae |
| Genus: | †Eomakhaira Engelman et al, 2020 |
| Species: | †E. molossus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Eomakhaira molossus Engelman et al, 2020
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References
edit- ^ Engelman, Russell K.; Flynn, John J.; Wyss, André R.; Croft, Darin A. (July 2020). "Eomakhaira molossus, A New Saber-Toothed Sparassodont (Metatheria: Thylacosmilinae) from the Early Oligocene (?Tinguirirican) Cachapoal Locality, Andean Main Range, Chile". American Museum Novitates (3957): 1–75. doi:10.1206/3957.1. ISSN 0003-0082. S2CID 220601822.
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