†Africanictis meini Morales et al. 1998 (civet)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
Full reference: J. Morales, M. Pickford, D. Soria and S. Fraile. 1998. New carnivores from the basal Middle Miocene of Arrisdrift, Namibia. Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 91:27-40
Belongs to Africanictis according to J. Morales et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Africanictis hyaenoides, Africanictis schmidtkittleri
Type specimen: AD 1791, a maxilla (fragment of maxilla with P3-M1 and alveolus for M2). Its type locality is Arrisdrift, which is in a Miocene channel sandstone in Namibia.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Arrisdrift
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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