The possibility of Sparassodont could be still alive based on recent scientific paper

Sparassodont is a group south american carnivore related to marsupial that live during paleocene-pliocene. They are top predator in south america alongside phorusrachid(terror bird) & sebecid(terrestial crocodile). They became extinct during great american biotic interchange(GABI) because they get outcompeted by placental carnivore like Smilodon & Arctotherium. But could they survive into modern day?

According to this scientific paper,many south american prehistoric actually survive into holocene & just became extinct 6000-3000 years ago based on fossils found in brazil https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S089598112500029X?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3qVqcU8i8s9eoQm-b-q4i7OoIho8z-QcmEFUX2PTMup6gHISvtgeGWF4k_aem_zMyS_yxO1CPNLbdHpdqsIw Prehistoric megafauna that survive into holocene according this paper are: - Eremotherium laurillardi - Smilodon populator - Toxodon platensis - Xenorhinotherium bahiense - Notiomastodon platensis - Palaeolama major

Based on this scientific paper,there is small chance that some prehistoric megafauna could be still alive in remote part of south america like Amazon,Andes,& Patagonia.

The most famous cryptid from south america is mapinguari which are theorized to be surviving ground sloth. According to Richard freeman,Mapinguari is one of ten cryptid that are most likely to be discovered in 21th century https://www.reddit.com/r/Cryptozoologist/comments/wam6we/cryptids_most_likely_to_be_discovered_according/

If Ground sloth could be still alive what about Sparassodont? The most famous Sparassodont is Thylacosmilus Atrox,a jaguar-sized carnivore with sabretooth. There is south american cryptid that fit the description of Thylacosmilus,Tigre dantero. Tigre dantero is a cryptid cat reported from the cloud forests of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru,described as a long-fanged cat smaller than, or the same size as, a jaguar. most cryptozoologist believe Tigre dantero is a surviving Smilodon but Bernard Heuvelmans,the founder of cryptozoology believe Tigre dantero is a surviving Thylacosmilus.

Next time,i will make post about why Tigre dantero are more likely to be surviving Thylacosmilus than Smilodon.