Africtis

Africtis; Temporal range: Rupelian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Genus:	† Africtis
Species:	†A. sirtensis
Binomial name
	†Africtis sirtensis; Mattingly et al., 2020

Last updated August 15, 2025

Africtis is an extinct genus of carnivoramorph that inhabited Libya during the Rupelian. It is a monotypic genus that contains a single species, Africtis sirtensis.^[1]

References

↑ Mattingly, Spencer G.; Beard, K. Christopher; Coster, Pauline M.C.; Salem, Mustafa J.; Chaimanee, Yaowalak; Jaeger, Jean-Jacques (December 2020). "A new carnivoraform from the early Oligocene of Libya: Oldest known record of Carnivoramorpha in Africa". Journal of African Earth Sciences . 172: 103994. doi: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2020.103994 . Retrieved 7 November 2024– via Elsevier Science Direct.

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[1] Mattingly, Spencer G.; Beard, K. Christopher; Coster, Pauline M.C.; Salem, Mustafa J.; Chaimanee, Yaowalak; Jaeger, Jean-Jacques (December 2020). "A new carnivoraform from the early Oligocene of Libya: Oldest known record of Carnivoramorpha in Africa". Journal of African Earth Sciences . 172: 103994. doi: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2020.103994 . Retrieved 7 November 2024– via Elsevier Science Direct.

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Taxon identifiers
Africtis	Wikidata: Q107155275 GBIF: 11178649 Paleobiology Database: 425750
Africtis sirtensis	Wikidata: Q99661899 GBIF: 11180260 Paleobiology Database: 425751