Moghradictis

Moghradictis
Moghradictis
Temporal range: Miocene
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Superfamily: Aeluroidea
Genus: †Moghradictis
Morlo et al. (2007)

Moghradictis is an extinct species of carnivorous cat-like mammals belonging to the superfamily Aeluroidea, endemic to North Africa from the Miocene 23.03—15.97 Ma, existing for approximately 7.06 million years.[1]

Moghradictis is shown to have an omnivorous diet or more precisely, hypercarnivorous to hypercarnivorous.[2][3]

Taxonomy

Moghradictis was named by Morlo et al. (2007). It is not extant. It was assigned to Stenoplesictinae by Morlo et al. (2007).[4]

References

  1. ^ Paleobiology Database: Moghradictis basic info.
  2. ^ J. A. Lillegraven. 1979. Reproduction in Mesozoic mammals. In J. A. Lillegraven, Z. Kielan-Jaworowska, and W. A. Clemens (eds.), Mesozoic Mammals: The First Two-Thirds of Mammalian History. University of California Press, Berkeley 259-276
  3. ^ R. M. Nowak. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, Sixth Edition I:1-836
  4. ^ M. Morlo, E. R. Miller, and A. N. El-Barkooky. 2007. Creodonta and Carnivora from Wadi Moghra, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(1):145-159
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