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Africanictis

Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Africanictis Morales et al.
2007Africanictis Morlo et al. p. 153
2010Africanictis Werdelin and Peigne p. 627

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
AeluroideaFlower 1869
infraorderViverroideaGray 1821
familyViverridae
genusAfricanictis

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.

G. †Africanictis Morales et al. 1998
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Africanictis hyaenoides Morales et al. 2003
Africanictis meini Morales et al. 1998
Africanictis schmidtkittleri Morales et al. 1998
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Morales et al. 1998Stenoplesictidae of the size of the primitive European Miocene hyaenid Protictiiherium crassum. p2 reduced, premolars high and narrow. m1 with high trigonid and short talonid with a small hypoconid. P4 narrow and elongate, with strong parastyle and conical protocone. M2 small (unknown in A. schmidtkittleri). M1 with well developed parastylar area, shortened in the type species.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:42:08
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 23.03000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Kenya A. schmidtkittleri (77025)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Namibia A. meini, A. hyaenoides, Hyaenidae indet. (21855)