Biology:Stenoplesictidae

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Short description: Extinct family of carnivores

Stenoplesictidae
Temporal range: Eocene–Middle Miocene
Stenoplesictis cayluxi mandibles.JPG
Fossil of Stenoplesictis, an extinct mammal.
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Stenoplesictidae
Schlosser, 1923
Genera
  • Africanictis
  • Alagtsavbaatar
  • Anictis
  • Asiavorator
  • Haplogale
  • Herpestides
  • Mioprionodon
  • Moghradictis
  • Palaeoprionodon
  • Pseudictis
  • Shandgolictis
  • Stenogale
  • Stenoplesictis
  • Viretictis

Stenoplesictidae is the name of a polyphyletic family of extinct civet-like feliforms.

Taxonomy

Classification

Family Stenoplesictidae
Family Image Genus Species
Stenoplesictidae Africanictis (Morales et al., 1998)
  • A. hyaenoides
  • A. meini
  • A. schmidtkittleri
Alagtsavbaatar (N. Egi et al., 2016)
  • A. indigenus
Anictis (Kretzoi, 1945)
  • A. simplicidens
Asiavorator (Spassov & Lange-Badré, 1995)
  • A. gracilis
Haplogale (Filhol, 1882)
  • H. media
Mioprionodon (Schmidt-Kittler, 1987)
  • M. hodopeus
  • M. pickfordi
Moghradictis (Morlo, Miller & El-Barkooky, 2007)
  • M. nedjema
Palaeoprionodon (Filhol, 1880)
  • P. lamandini
  • P. mutabilis
Pseudictis (Schlosser, 1887)
  • P. guntianus
Shandgolictis (Hunt, 1998)
  • S. constans
  • S. elegans
Stenogale (Schlosser, 1888)
  • S. bransatensis
  • S. brevidens
  • S. gracilis
  • S. intermedia
Stenoplesictis (Filhol, 1880)
  • S. cayluxi
  • S. crocheti
  • S. minor
Viretictis (Bonis, Peigné & M. Hugueney, 1999)
  • V. gallardi
  • V. julieni

References

  • Morlo M. & Nagel D. (2007). "The carnivore guild of the Taatsiin Gol area: Hyaenodontidae (Creodonta), Carnivora, and Didymoconida from the Oligocene of Central Mongolia". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien 108A: 217–231.
  • Morlo M., Miller E. R. & El-Barkooky A. N. (2007). "Creodonta and Carnivora from Wadi Moghra, Egypt". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(1): 145–159.
  • de Bonis, L., S. Peigne, & M. Hugueney (1999) – "Carnivores feloides de l'Oligocene superieur de Coderet-Bransat (Allier, France)". Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 1999 170: 939–949.
  • Morales, J., Pickford, M., Salesa, M. & Soria, D., 2000. The systematic status of Kelba, Savage, 1965, Kenyalutra, Schmidt-Kittler, 1987 and Ndamathaia, Jacobs et al., 1987, "(Viverridae, Mammalia) and a review of Early Miocene mongoose-like carnivores of Africa". Annales de Paléontologie: Vol. 86, #4, pp. 243–251.
  • Hunt, R. M., Jr (1998) – "Evolution of the aeluroid Carnivora. Diversity of the earliest aeluroids from Eurasia (Quercy, Hsanda-Gol) and the origin of felids". American Museum Novitates; no. 3252 (PDF)

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