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Xinyuictis

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Xinyuictis
Temporal range: 56.0–33.9 Ma early to late Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Pan-Carnivora
Clade: Carnivoramorpha
Clade: Carnivoraformes
Genus: Xinyuictis
Zheng, 1975
Type species
Xinyuictis tenuis
Zheng, 1975
Species
  • X. tenuis (Zheng, 1975)[1]
  • X. thailandicus (Ducrocq, 1992)[2]
Synonyms
synonyms of genus:
  • Xinyüictis (Zheng, 1975)
  • Yinyuictis (Huang, 1999)[3]
synonyms of species:
  • X. tenuis:
    • Miacis tenuis (Gingerich, 1983)[4]
    • Yinyuictis tenuis (Huang, 1999)
  • X. thailandicus:
    • Miacis thailandicus (Ducrocq, 1992)

Xinyuictis ("weasel from Xinyu") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in Asia from the early to late Eocene.[5][6][7][8]

References

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  1. ^ J. Zheng, Y. Tung, and H. Qi. (1975) "Discovery of Miacidae (Carnivora) in Yuanshui Basin, Kiangsi Province." Vertebrata PalAsiatica 13(2):96-104
  2. ^ Ducrocq S., Buffetaut E., Buffetaut-Tong H., Helmcke-Ingavat R., Jaeger J.-J., Jongkanchanasoontorn Y. and Suteethorn V. (1992) "A lower Tertiary vertebrate fauna from Krabi (South Thailand)." Neues Jahrbuch fuer Geologie und Palaeontologie Abhandlungen 184(1): 101–122.
  3. ^ X.-S. Huang, Y.-S. Tong and J.-W. Wang (1999.) "A new Miacis (Mammalia Carnivora, Miacidae) from the Middle Eocene of Yuanqu Basin, Shanxi Province." Vertebrata PalAsiatica 37(4):291-299
  4. ^ P. D. Gingerich (1983) "Systematics of Early Eocene Miacidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) in the Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming." Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 26(10):197-225
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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 9780521355193
  7. ^ Heinrich, R. E.; Strait, S. G.; Houde, P. (2008). "Earliest Eocene Miacidae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from northwestern Wyoming". Journal of Paleontology. 82 (1): 154–162. Bibcode:2008JPal...82..154H. doi:10.1666/05-118.1. S2CID 35030667.
  8. ^ Faurby, Søren; Morlo, Michael; Werdelin, Lars; Lyons, Kathleen (2021). "CarniFOSS: A database of the body mass of fossil carnivores". Global Ecology and Biogeography. 30 (10): 1958–1964. Bibcode:2021GloEB..30.1958F. doi:10.1111/geb.13369. S2CID 238780792.