Xinyuictis

Xinyuictis is an extinct genus of Miacidae. It contains a species, Xinyuictis tenuis. It was once suggested that the species was the same as Miacis, but it was eventually decided that they were different.

Xinyuictis[1]
Temporal range: early Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Ferae
Clade: Carnivoramorpha
Clade: Carnivoraformes
Genus: Xinyuictis
Zheng et al., 1975
Species:
X. tenuis
Binomial name
Xinyuictis tenuis
Zheng et al., 1975

Notes

  1. Heinrich et al., 2008

References

  • Heinrich, R.E.; Strait, S.G.; Houde, P. (2008). "Earliest Eocene Miacidae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from northwestern Wyoming". Journal of Paleontology. 82 (1): 154–162. doi:10.1666/05-118.1. S2CID 35030667.

Sources

  • Flynn, J.J., 1998. Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea"). pp. 110–123 in C.M. Janis, K.M. Scott, and L.L. Jacobs (eds.) Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 0-521-35519-2
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