Vampyrictis
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Barbourofelidae
Genus: Vampyrictis
Kurtén, 1978
Type species
Vampyrictis vipera
Kurtén, 1978

Vampyrictis is a fossil genus of barbourofelid containing a single species Vampyrictis vipera. It was described based on fragmentary jaw material from the Miocene-aged Beglia Formation in Tunisia.[1][2]

References

  1. Kurtén, B. (1978). "Fossil carnivora from the late Tertiary of Bled Douarah and Cherichira, Tunisia". Notes du Service géologique de Tunisie. 42: 177-214 (volume for 1976).
  2. Werdelin, Lars (2019). "Middle Miocene Carnivora and Hyaenodonta from Fort Ternan, western Kenya". Geodiversitas. 41 (6): 270. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2019v41a6. S2CID 146620949.


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