Stenoplesictidae | |
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Stenoplesictis cayluxi jaws | |
Scientific Classification | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Mammalia |
Order | Carnivora |
Family | †Stenoplesictidae |
Stenoplesictidae is a family of extinct civet-like animals from the Carnivora order.
Genera Asiavorator, Moghradictis, Africanictis, Stenoplesictis, Anictis[]
Asiavorator is an extinct genus of carnivorous, cat-like civet endemic to Asia in the Oligocene.
Moghradictis is an extinct genus of carnivorous cat-like mammals endemic to North Africa from the Miocene 23.03—15.97 Ma, existing for approximately 7.06 million years.
Africantis is an extinct genus of carnivorous cat-like mammals endemic to Africa from the Miocene 23.03—11.610 Ma, existing for approximately 11.42 million years.
Stenoplesictis is an extinct genus of carnivorous cat-like mammals endemic to Europe from the Oligocene 33.9—28.4 Ma, existing for approximately 5.5 million years.
Anictis is an extinct species of carnivorous cat-like mammal endemic to Europe living from the Oligocene 33.9—28.4 Ma, existing for approximately 5.4 million years.
The species of these genera are shown to have an omnivorous diet or more precisely, hypercarnivorous to mesocarnivorous.
Genera[]
Subfamily Stenoplesictinae
Genus Shandgolictis Shandgolictis elegans Genus Asiavorator Asiavorator altidens Genus Moghradictis Moghradictis nedjema Genus Africanictis Africanictis meini Africanictis schmidtkittleri Genus Mioprionodon Mioprionodon pickfordi Genus Stenoplesictis Stenoplesictis muhoronii Stenoplesictis cayluxi Stenoplesictis minor Stenoplesictis crocheti Stenoplesictis indigenus Genus Palaeoprionodon Palaeoprionodon lamandini Genus Anictis Anictis simplicidens Genus Haplogale Haplogale media Genus Viretictis
Subfamily Proailurinae
Genus Stenogale Stenogale julieni Stenogale intermedia Stenogale bransatensis Stenogale aurelianensis