Intyrictis


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Intyrictis ("MacIntyre's weasel") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct subfamily Didymictinae within extinct family Viverravidae, that lived in North America during the early Paleocene.[2][3]

Intyrictis

Temporal range: 63.8–60.9 Ma

early Paleocene

Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Superfamily: Viverravoidea
Family: Viverravidae
Subfamily: Didymictinae
Genus: Intyrictis
Gingerich & Winkler, 1985[1]
Type species
Intyrictis vanvaleni

MacIntyre, 1966

Synonyms

synonyms of species:

  • I. vanvaleni:

    • Bryanictis vanvaleni (MacIntyre, 1966)
    • Protictis vanvaleni (MacIntyre, 1966)
  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ McKenna, Malcolm C.; Bell, Susan K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  3. ^ J. J. Flynn (1998.) "Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea")." 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