| Anictops Temporal range: Early to late Paleocene, | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | † Anagaloidea |
| Family: | † Pseudictopidae |
| Genus: | † Anictops Qiu, 1977 |
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Anictops is an extinct genus of Anagalida that lived during Early to Late Paleocene. This type of species is A. tabiepedis whose fossils are well-preserved at Palaeozoological Museum of China.
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