Vulpavus

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Vulpavus[1]
Fossil range: early to middle Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivoramorpha
Family: †Miacidae
Genus: †Vulpavus
Marsh, 1871
Type species
†Vulpavus palustris
Species
  • †V. australis
  • †V. canavus
  • †V. ovatus
  • †V. palustris
  • †V. profectus

Vulpavus is an extinct genus of Miacidae.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Flynn, 1998

[edit] References

  • Flynn, J.J., 1998. Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea"). pp.110-123 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 0-521-35519-2

[edit] Sources

  • Dinosaur Encyclopedia by Jayne Parsons
  • The Origin and Evolution of Mammals (Oxford Biology) by T. S. Kemp
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