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Bryanictis

Bryanictis is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct subfamily Didymictinae within extinct family Viverravidae, that lived in North America, from the early to late Paleocene.

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Bryanictis
Temporal range: early to late Paleocene1
lower jaw of Bryanictis microlestes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Superfamily: †Viverravoidea
Family: †Viverravidae
Subfamily: †Didymictinae
Genus: †Bryanictis
MacIntyre, 19662
Type species
†Bryanictis microlestes
Simpson, 1935
Species
  • †B. microlestes (Simpson, 1935)3
  • †B. paulus (Meehan & Wilson, 2002)4
  • †B. terlinguae (Standhardt, 1986)5
Synonyms
synonyms of species:
  • B. microlestes:
    • Didymictis microlestes (Simpson, 1935)
    • Protictis microlestes (MacIntyre, 1966)
  • B. terlinguae:
    • Protictis terlinguae (Standhardt, 1986)

Bryanictis ("Bryan's weasel") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct subfamily Didymictinae within extinct family Viverravidae, that lived in North America, from the early to late Paleocene.67

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References

  1. "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  2. G. T. MacIntyre (1966) "The Miacidae (Mammalia, Carnivora): Part 1, The systematics of Ictidopappus and Protictis." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 131(2):115-210
  3. Simpson, George Gaylord (1935). "New Paleocene Mammals from the Fort Union of Montana". Proceedings of the United States Museum. 83 (2981).
  4. T. J. Meehan and R. W. Wilson (2002) "New viverravids from the Torrejonian (Middle Paleocene) of Kutz Canyon, New Mexico and the oldest skull of the order Carnivora." Journal of Paleontology 76(6):1091-1101
  5. Barbara R. Standhardt (1986.) "Vertebrate Paleontology of the Cretaceous/Tertiary Transition of ansition of Big Bend National Park, Texas (Lancian, Puercan, Mammalia, Dinosauria, Paleomagnetism)." Louisiana State University
  6. 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.
  7. 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