Stenoplesictidae

Stenoplesictidae; Temporal range: Eocene –Middle Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil of Stenoplesictis, an extinct mammal.
Scientific classification
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	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

Phylogenetic tree

The cladogram shown below represents the current phylogenetic relationships of members of family Stenoplesictidae (green):

Feliformia

†Nimravidae

Aeluroidea

Nandiniidae

Viverroidea

Viverridae

	Paradoxurinae

	Hemigalinae

†Herpestides

†Africanictis

	†Africanictis meini

	†Africanictis hyaenoides

†Africanictis schmidtkittleri

†"Stenoplesictis"	†"Stenoplesictis" muhoronii

†Moghradictis	†Moghradictis nedjema

†Mioprionodon

	†Mioprionodon hodopeus

	†Mioprionodon pickfordi

†Lufengictis

†Ketketictis

†Progenetta

Viverrinae

	Viverrinae

	Genettinae

sensu lato

Herpestoidea

†Alagtsavbaatar

†Alagtsavbaatar indigenus

†Anictis

†Anictis simplicidens

†Asiavorator

†Asiavorator gracilis

†Shandgolictis

	†Shandgolictis constans

	†Shandgolictis elegans

Feloidea

Prionodontidae

Prionodontidae

†Palaeoprionodon

	†Palaeoprionodon lamandini

	†Palaeoprionodon mutabilis

sensu lato

†Haplogale

†Haplogale media

†Stenoplesictis

	†Stenoplesictis cayluxi

	†Stenoplesictis crocheti

†Stenoplesictis minor

†Pseudictis

†Pseudictis guntianus

†Barbourofelidae

†Viretictis

	†Viretictis gallardi

	†Viretictis julieni

†Stenogale

	†Stenogale bransatensis

	†Stenogale intermedia

†Stenogale gracilis

†Stenogale brevidens

Felidae

†Proailurinae

†Proailurus

	†Proailurus bourbonnensis

	†Proailurus lemanensis

	†Proailurus major

	†Machairodontinae

	†Pseudaelurus

†Hyperailurictis

†Sivaelurus

†Styriofelis

Felinae

Felinae

	†Miopanthera

	Pantherinae

sensu lato

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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