Pristinictis

Pristinictis Temporal range: 60.9–60.0  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ middle Paleocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Superfamily:	† Viverravoidea
Family:	† Viverravidae
Subfamily:	† Didymictinae
Genus:	† Pristinictis Fox & Youzwyshyn, 1994
Type species
†Pristinictis connata Fox & Youzwyshyn, 1994 [1]

Pristinictis ("primitive weasel") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct subfamily Didymictinae within extinct family Viverravidae, that lived in North America during middle Paleocene. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

References

1. R. C. Fox and G. P. Youzwyshyn (1994) "New primitive carnivorans (Mammalia) from the Paleocene of western Canada, and their bearing on relationships of the order." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(3):382-404
2. McKenna, Malcolm C.; Bell, Susan K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN   978-0-231-11012-9 . Retrieved 16 March 2015.
3. J. J. Flynn (1998.) "Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea")." In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.) "Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals." Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN   0-521-35519-2
4. Tom S. Kemp (2005) "The Origin & Evolution of Mammals." Oxford University Press, Oxford ISBN   0-19-850761-5