Leptoplesictis senutae Morales et al. 2008 (civet)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Full reference: J. Morales, M. Pickford, and M. J. Salesa. 2008. Creodonta and Carnivora from the Early Miocene of the Northern Sperrgebiet, Namibia. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia 20:291-310

Belongs to Leptoplesictis according to J. Morales et al. 2008

Sister taxon: Leptoplesictis namibiensis

Type specimen: GT6 - 1’06, a mandible (right mandible with p/1-m/2.). Its type locality is Grillental, which is in a Miocene fluvial siliciclastic in the Elisabeth Bay Formation of Namibia.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Grillental

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