Vulpavus Temporal range: | |
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Skeleton of Vulpavus ovatus at the American Museum of Natural History | |
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Life restoration of V. ovatus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | Pan-Carnivora |
Clade: | Carnivoramorpha |
Clade: | Carnivoraformes |
Genus: | † Vulpavus Marsh, 1871 |
Type species | |
†Vulpavus palustris Marsh, 1871 | |
Species | |
Synonyms | |
Vulpavus ("ancestor of foxes") is an extinct paraphyletic genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America from the early to middle Eocene. [9] [10]
The phylogenetic relationships of genus Vulpavus are shown in the following cladogram: [11] [12] [13] [14]
Carnivoramorpha |
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(Carnivora [sensu lato]) |