Viverravus
Extinct genus of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Viverravus ("ancestor of Viverra") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct subfamily Viverravinae within extinct family Viverravidae, that lived in North America, Europe and Asia from the middle Paleocene to middle Eocene.[6][7][8]
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Viverravus | |
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skull of Viverravus minutus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Superfamily: | †Viverravoidea |
Family: | †Viverravidae |
Subfamily: | †Viverravinae |
Genus: | †Viverravus Marsh, 1872[2] |
Type species | |
†Viverravus gracilis Marsh, 1872 | |
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