Moghradictis
Moghradictis is an extinct genus of carnivorous cat-like mammals belonging to the superfamily Aeluroidea, endemic to North Africa (Wadi Moghra, Egypt) from the Lower Miocene 23.03—15.97 Ma, existing for approximately 7.06 million years.[1]
| Moghradictis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | †Stenoplesictidae |
| Genus: | †Moghradictis Morlo, Miller, & El-Barkooky, 2007 |
| Species: | †M. nedjema |
| Binomial name | |
| †Moghradictis nedjema Morlo, Miller, & El-Barkooky, 2007 | |
Moghradictis is shown to have an omnivorous diet or more precisely, hypercarnivorous to mesocarnivorous.[2][3]
Taxonomy
Moghradictis was named by Morlo et al. (2007). It is not extant. It was assigned to Stenoplesictidae by Morlo et al. (2007).[4] There is one known species, Moghradictis nedjema.
References
- Paleobiology Database: Moghradictis basic info.
- J. A. Lillegraven. 1979. Reproduction in Mesozoic mammals. In J. A. Lillegraven, Z. Kielan-Jaworowska, and W. A. Clemens (eds.), Mesozoic Mammals: The First Two-Thirds of Mammalian History. University of California Press, Berkeley 259-276
- R. M. Nowak. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, Sixth Edition I:1-836
- M. Morlo, E. R. Miller, and A. N. El-Barkooky. 2007. Creodonta and Carnivora from Wadi Moghra, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(1):145-159
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