Lophocyon paraskevaidisi Koufos et al. 1995 (civet)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Full reference: G. D. Koufos, L. de Bonis, and S. Sen. 1995. Lophocyon paraskevaidisi, a new viverrid (Carnivora, Mammalia) from the Middle Miocene of Chios island, Greece. Geobios 28(4):511-523

Belongs to Lophocyon according to G. D. Koufos et al. 1995

Sister taxon: Lophocyon carpathicus

Type specimen: THB-1, a mandible (Mandible with I3 - M2 dex and P4-M2 sin). Its type locality is Thymiana B, which is in a Miocene terrestrial sandstone in the Keramaria Formation of Greece.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Thymiana B

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