Biology:Vampyrictis
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Short description: Extinct genus of barbourofelid
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | †Barbourofelidae |
| Genus: | †Vampyrictis Kurtén, 1978 |
| Type species | |
| †Vampyrictis vipera Kurtén, 1978
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Vampyrictis is a fossil genus of barbourofelid containing a single species Vampyrictis vipera. It was described based on fragmentary jaw material from the Miocene-aged Beglia Formation in Tunisia.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Kurtén, B. (1978). "Fossil carnivora from the late Tertiary of Bled Douarah and Cherichira, Tunisia". Notes du Service géologique de Tunisie 42: 177-214 (volume for 1976). https://pascal-francis.inist.fr/vibad/index.php?action=getRecordDetail&idt=PASCALGEODEBRGM7920037193.
- ↑ Werdelin, Lars (2019). "Middle Miocene Carnivora and Hyaenodonta from Fort Ternan, western Kenya". Geodiversitas 41 (6): 270. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2019v41a6.
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