Raphictis

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Raphictis
Temporal range: 58.9–57.4  Ma
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late Paleocene [1]
Raphictis gausion.jpg
lower jaw of Raphictis gausion
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Superfamily: Viverravoidea
Family: Viverravidae
Subfamily: Didymictinae
Genus: Raphictis
Gingerich & Winkler, 1985 [2]
Type species
Raphictis gausion
Gingerich & Winkler, 1985
Species
  • R. gausion(Gingerich & Winkler, 1985) [2]
  • R. iota(Scott, 2008) [3]
  • R. machaera(Rankin, 2009) [4]
  • R. nanoptexis(Rankin, 2009) [4]

Raphictis ("needle weasel") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct subfamily Didymictinae within extinct family Viverravidae, that lived in North America during late Paleocene. [5] [6] [7]

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References

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  2. 1 2 P. D. Gingerich and D. A. Winkler (1985) "Systematics of Paleocene Viverravidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) in the Bighorn Basin and Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming." Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(4):87-128
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  4. 1 2 Brian Daniel Rankin (2009.) "Early late Paleocene mammals from the Roche Percée local fauna, southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada" University of Alberta
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