Vampyrictis
Appearance
Vampyrictis Temporal range: Miocene
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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
[edit]- ^ 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).
- ^ Werdelin, Lars (2019). "Middle Miocene Carnivora and Hyaenodonta from Fort Ternan, western Kenya". Geodiversitas. 41 (6): 270. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2019v41a6. S2CID 146620949.