- Vulpavus
Taxobox
name = "Vulpavus"Flynn, 1998]
fossil_range = early to middleEocene
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis =Mammalia
ordo =Carnivoramorpha
familia = †Miacidae
genus = †"Vulpavus"
genus_authority = Marsh, 1871
type_species = †"Vulpavus palustris"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* †"V. australis"
* †"V. canavus"
* †"V. ovatus"
* †"V. palustris"
* †"V. profectus""Vulpavus" is an extinct genus of
Miacidae . It is ancestral to all extant carnivores.Notes
References
* Alexander, J. 1992. Alas poor Notharctus. Natural History 9:54-59.
* 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 0-521-35519-2Sources
* Dinosaur Encyclopedia by Jayne Parsons
* The Origin and Evolution of Mammals (Oxford Biology) by T. S. Kemp
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