Stenoplesictidae

{{Short description|Extinct family of carnivores}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Eocene|Middle Miocene}}

| taxon = Stenoplesictidae

| image = Stenoplesictis cayluxi mandibles.JPG

| image_caption = Fossil of Stenoplesictis, an extinct mammal.

| authority = Schlosser, 1923

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = * †Africanictis

}}

Stenoplesictidae is the name of a polyphyletic family of extinct civet-like feliforms.

Taxonomy

=Classification=

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|+ style="text-align:left;" |Family Stenoplesictidae

FamilyImageGenusSpecies
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! rowspan="19" style="text-align:center;" |†Stenoplesictidae

|†Africanictis {{small|(Morales et al., 1998)}}* †A. hyaenoides

  • A. meini
  • A. schmidtkittleri
style="vertical-align:top;"|†Alagtsavbaatar {{small|(N. Egi et al., 2016)}}* †A. indigenus
style="vertical-align:top;"|†Anictis {{small|(Kretzoi, 1945)}}* †A. simplicidens
style="vertical-align:top;"|†Asiavorator {{small|(Spassov & Lange-Badré, 1995)}}* †A. gracilis
style="vertical-align:top;"|†Haplogale {{small|(Filhol, 1882)}}* †H. media
style="vertical-align:top;"|†Mioprionodon {{small|(Schmidt-Kittler, 1987)}}* †M. hodopeus
  • M. pickfordi
  • style="vertical-align:top;"|†Moghradictis {{small|(Morlo, Miller & El-Barkooky, 2007)}}* †M. nedjema
    style="vertical-align:top;"|†Palaeoprionodon {{small|(Filhol, 1880)}}* †P. lamandini
  • P. mutabilis
  • style="vertical-align:top;"|†Pseudictis {{small|(Schlosser, 1887)}}* †P. guntianus
    style="vertical-align:top;"|†Shandgolictis {{small|(Hunt, 1998)}}* †S. constans
  • S. elegans
  • style="vertical-align:top;"|†Stenogale {{small|(Schlosser, 1888)}}* †S. bransatensis
  • S. brevidens
  • S. gracilis
  • S. intermedia
  • style="vertical-align:top;"|†Stenoplesictis {{small|(Filhol, 1880)}}* †S. cayluxi
  • S. crocheti
  • S. minor
  • style="vertical-align:top;"|†Viretictis {{small|(Bonis, Peigné & M. Hugueney, 1999)}}* †V. gallardi
  • V. julieni
  • References

    • Morlo M. & Nagel D. (2007). "The carnivore guild of the Taatsiin Gol area: Hyaenodontidae (Creodonta), Carnivora, and Didymoconida from the Oligocene of Central Mongolia". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien 108A: 217–231.
    • Morlo M., Miller E. R. & El-Barkooky A. N. (2007). "Creodonta and Carnivora from Wadi Moghra, Egypt". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(1): 145–159.
    • de Bonis, L., S. Peigne, & M. Hugueney (1999) – "Carnivores feloides de l'Oligocene superieur de Coderet-Bransat (Allier, France)". Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 1999 170: 939–949.
    • Morales, J., Pickford, M., Salesa, M. & Soria, D., 2000. The systematic status of Kelba, Savage, 1965, Kenyalutra, Schmidt-Kittler, 1987 and Ndamathaia, Jacobs et al., 1987, "(Viverridae, Mammalia) and a review of Early Miocene mongoose-like carnivores of Africa". Annales de Paléontologie: Vol. 86, #4, pp. 243–251.
    • Hunt, R. M., Jr (1998) – "Evolution of the aeluroid Carnivora. Diversity of the earliest aeluroids from Eurasia (Quercy, Hsanda-Gol) and the origin of felids". American Museum Novitates; no. 3252 ([http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/3156//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/nov/N3252.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y PDF])

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    Category:Oligocene feliforms

    Category:Prehistoric mammal families

    Category:Eocene first appearances

    Category:Miocene extinctions

    Category:Feliforms

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