Xinyuictis
Xinyuictis is an extinct genus of Miacidae. It contains a species, Xinyuictis tenuis. It was once suggested that the species was the same as Miacis, but it was eventually decided that they were different.
| Xinyuictis[1] Temporal range: early Eocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| (unranked): | Carnivoramorpha |
| (unranked): | Carnivoraformes |
| Family: | †Miacidae |
| Genus: | †Xinyuictis Zheng et al., 1975 |
| Species: | †X. tenuis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Xinyuictis tenuis Zheng et al., 1975 | |
Notes
- Heinrich et al., 2008
References
- Heinrich, R.E.; Strait, S.G.; Houde, P. (2008). "Earliest Eocene Miacidae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from northwestern Wyoming". Journal of Paleontology. 82 (1): 154–162. doi:10.1666/05-118.1.
Sources
- 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
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