Basic info | Taxonomic history | Classification | Included Taxa |
Morphology | Ecology and taphonomy | External Literature Search | Age range and collections |
Genettinae
Taxonomy
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
---|---|
1864 | Genettinae Gray |
Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data
|
|
If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Subfm. Genettinae Gray 1864
show all | hide all
G. Genetta Cuvier 1816
hide
Genetta abyssinica Rüppell 1836 [Abyssinian genet]
Genetta angolensis Bocage 1882 [Angolan genet]
Genetta bourloni Gaubert 2003 [Bourlons genet]
Genetta cristata Hayman 1940 [Crested servaline genet]
Genetta dongolana Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1832
Genetta felina Thunberg 1811
Genetta genetta Linnaeus 1758 [common genet]
+
Invalid names: Genetta vulgaris Lesson 1827 [synonym]
Genetta johnstoni Pocock 1907 [Johnstons genet]
Genetta pardina Geoffroy 1832 [Pardine genet]
Genetta piscivora Allen 1919 [aquatic genet]
Genetta rubiginosa Pucheran 1855 [haussa genet]
+
Invalid names: Genetta thierryi Matschie 1902 [synonym]
Genetta schoutedeni Crawford-Cabral 1970 [Schouteden's genet]
Genetta senegalensis Fischer 1829
Genetta servalina Pucheran 1855 [servaline genet]
Genetta stuhlmanni Matschie 1902
Genetta suahelica Matschie 1902
Genetta tigrina Schreber 1776 [Cape genet]
Genetta victoriae Thomas 1901 [Giant forest genet]
Invalid names: Genetta (Genetta) Cuvier 1816 [invalid subgroup], Osbornictis Allen 1919 [synonym], Paragenetta Kuhn 1960 [synonym], Pseudogenetta Dekeyser 1949 [synonym], Viverra maculata Gray 1830 [invalid subgroup]
G. Poiana Gray 1864 [African linsang]
hide
Poiana leightoni Pocock 1907 [Leightons linsang]
Poiana poensis Waterhouse 1838 [King genet]
Poiana richardsonii Thomson 1842 [African linsang]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
|
|||||
|
|
||||
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Holocene or 13.82000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.62 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.62 Ma
Collections (36 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
---|---|---|---|
Astaracian | Morocco (Tadla-Azilal) | Genetta sp. (48630) | |
Serravallian | Kenya (Central Nyanza) | Genetta sp. (21340) | |
Tortonian - Messinian | Kenya | Genetta sp. (22241) | |
Tortonian - Zanclean | Ethiopia | Genetta sp. (22139) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Kenya | Genetta sp. (230935) | |
Messinian - Zanclean | Kenya | Genetta sp. (22242) | |
Messinian - Piacenzian | South Africa (Cape) | Genetta sp. (59167) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | Senegal | Genetta sp. (221108) | |
Pliocene | Ethiopia (Afar) | Genetta sp. (70907) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa (Langebaanweg) | Genetta sp. (21713) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | Morocco | Genetta sp. (32052) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | South Africa | Genetta sp. (95150) | |
Gelasian - Calabrian | Kenya | Genetta genetta (21456) | |
Gelasian - Calabrian | Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) | Genetta sp. (22492 22494) | |
Pleistocene | Kenya | Genetta sp. (21843) | |
Pleistocene | South Africa | Genetta sp. (21695 21956 115191) Genetta tigrina (21828 21929) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | South Africa | Genetta sp. (21948 21952) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Zambia | Genetta genetta (21924) Genetta sp. (21854) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Cyprus | Genetta plesictoides (215278) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | South Africa | Genetta sp. (115167) | |
Holocene | Sudan | Genetta sp. (21902 21903 21958 208787) | |
Holocene | Tanzania | Genetta genetta, Genetta tigrina (21690) | |
Holocene | South Africa (N. Transraal) | Genetta genetta, Genetta tigrina (21693) | |
Holocene | South Africa | Genetta genetta (21917 21930) Genetta sp. (21918) |