Vulpavus
Extinct genus of carnivores / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vulpavus ("ancestor of foxes") is an extinct paraphyletic genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America from the early to middle Eocene.[9][10]
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Vulpavus | |
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Skeleton of Vulpavus ovatus at the American Museum of Natural History | |
Life restoration of V. ovatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | Pan-Carnivora |
Clade: | Carnivoramorpha |
Clade: | Carnivoraformes |
Genus: | †Vulpavus Marsh, 1871 |
Type species | |
†Vulpavus palustris Marsh, 1871 | |
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