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Africtis

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Africtis
Temporal range: Rupelian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Genus: Africtis
Species:
A. sirtensis
Binomial name
Africtis sirtensis
Mattingly et al., 2020

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

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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.