Viverravinae ("ancestors of

viverrids Viverridae is a family of small to medium-sized, feliform mammals. The viverrids () comprise 33 species placed in 14 genera. This family was named and first described by John Edward Gray in 1821. Viverrids occur all over Africa, southern Europe, ...

") is an extinct subfamily of mammals from extinct family

Viverravidae Viverravidae ("ancestors of viverrids") is an extinct monophyletic family of mammals from extinct superfamily Viverravoidea within the clade Carnivoramorpha, that lived from the early Palaeocene to the late Eocene in North America, Europe and As ...

, that lived from the early Palaeocene to the middle

Eocene The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', " ...

in North America,

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...

and

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ...

Classification and phylogeny

Classification

* Subfamily: †Viverravinae ** Genus: †'' Simpsonictis'' *** †''Simpsonictis jaynanneae'' *** †''Simpsonictis pegus'' *** †''Simpsonictis tenuis'' ** Genus: †''

Viverravus ''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 Eocen ...

'' *** †''Viverravus acutus'' *** †''Viverravus gracilis'' *** †''Viverravus lawsoni'' *** †''Viverravus laytoni'' *** †''Viverravus lutosus'' *** †''Viverravus minutus'' *** †''Viverravus politus'' *** †''Viverravus rosei'' *** †''Viverravus sicarius'' *** †''Viverravus'' sp. 'V11141'' *** †''Viverravus'' sp. ocality Group 2, Washakie Basin, Wyoming ** Genus: †'' Viverriscus'' *** †''Viverriscus omnivorus''

Phylogeny

The phylogenetic relationships of subfamily Viverravinae are shown in the following cladogram:J. J. Flynn and H. Galiano. (1982.) "Phylogeny of Early Tertiary Carnivora, With a Description of a New Species of ''Protictis'' From the Middle Eocene of Northwestern Wyoming" American Museum Novitates 2725:1-64S. Faurby, L. Werdelin, A. Antonelli (2019.
"Dispersal ability predicts evolutionary success among mammalian carnivores"
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box 461, SE

References

Viverravids Paleocene first appearances Eocene extinctions Mammal subfamilies {{Paleo-carnivora-stub

Classification and phylogeny

Classification

Phylogeny

See also

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