Goupilictis

Goupilictis
Temporal range: Oligocene - Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Family:Amphicyonidae
Subfamily:Amphicyoninae
Genus:Goupilictis
Ginsburg, 1969
Species: G. minor
Binomial name
Goupilictis minor
(Dehm, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Amphicyon minor Dehm, 1931

Goupilictis minor is a prehistoric species of mammal in the family Amphicyonidae. There is only one known species in the genus Goupilictis.

Description

Goupilictis lived in the Oligocene and Miocene ages, about 28.4-5.332 million years ago. Fossils have been found in France, Germany and Ukraine.

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