Viverravus

Viverravus is an extinct genus of Viverravidae.[1][2] It was named by Marsh in 1872, who described the type species, Viverravus gracilis.[3]

Viverravus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Family: †Viverravidae
Genus: †Viverravus
Marsh, 1872
Species
  • Viverravus gracilis (type)
  • Viverravus acutus
  • Viverravus lawsoni
  • Viverravus laytoni
  • Viverravus lutosus
  • Viverravus minutus
  • Viverravus nitidus
  • Viverravus politus
  • Viverravus rosei
  • Viverravus sicarius

Taxonomy
Species Authority Type locality Status and notes
†Viverravus gracilis   O. C. Marsh, 1872[3] Grizzly Buttes, Bridger Formation (Wyoming, USA) Type species. Synonyms: Didymictis dawkinsianus Cope 1881, Harpalodon vulpinus Marsh 1872, Triacodon fallax Marsh 1871, Ziphacodon rugatus Marsh 1872
†Viverravus nitidus
†Viverravus minutus Wortman 1901[4]
†Viverravus sicarius Matthew 1909[5] Bridger Formation Synonym: Ziphacodon Marsh 1872
†Viverravus politus Matthew and Granger 1915[6] Synonym: Protictis schaffi Gingerich and Winkler 1985
†Viverravus acutus
†Viverravus lutosus Gazin 1952[7] Knight Formation (Wyoming, USA)
†Viverravus laytoni Gingerich and Winkler 1985[8] Princeton Quarry, Fort Union Formation, Clark's Fork Basin (Wyoming, USA) Described as Protictis laytoni; assigned to Viverravus by Polly (1997).[9] Synonym: Viverravus bowni Gingerich 1987
†Viverravus rosei Polly 1997[9]
†Viverravus lawsoni Hooker 2010[10] Abbey Wood, Blackheath Beds Formation (United Kingdom)

References
  1. Flynn, J.J., 1998. Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea"). pp.110-123 in C.M. Janis, K.M. Scott, and L.L. Jacobs (eds.) Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 0-521-35519-2
  2. Viverravus in Fossil Works / Paleodb.org
  3. O. C. Marsh. 1872. Preliminary description of new Tertiary mammals. Part I. American Journal of Science 4(20):122-128
  4. J. L. Wortman. 1901. Studies of Eocene Mammalia in the Marsh Collection, Peabody Museum. The American Journal of Science, series 4 12:143-154
  5. W. D. Matthew. 1909. The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, middle Eocene. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 9:289-567
  6. W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1915. A revision of the Lower Eocene Wasatch and Wind River faunas. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34(1):1-103
  7. C. L. Gazin. 1952. The Lower Eocene Knight Formation Of Western Wyoming and Its Mammalian Faunas. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 117(18):1-82
  8. P. D. Gingerich and D. A. Winkler. 1985. Systematics of Paleocene Viverravidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) in the Bighorn Basin and Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(4):87-128
  9. P. D. Polly. 1997. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 30(1):1-53
  10. J. J. Hooker. 2010. The mammal fauna of the early Eocene Blackheath Formation of Abbey Wood, London. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 165:1-162


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