''Bryanictis'' ("Bryan's
weasel
Weasels are mammals of the genus ''Mustela'' of the family Mustelidae. The genus ''Mustela'' includes the least weasels, polecats, stoats, ferrets and European mink. Members of this genus are small, active predators, with long and slender ...
") is an
extinct genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of placental mammals from extinct subfamily
Didymictinae
Didymictinae ("double weasels") is an extinct subfamily of mammals from extinct family Viverravidae, that lived from the early Palaeocene to the middle Eocene in North America and Europe.
Classification and phylogeny Classification
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within extinct family
Viverravidae
Viverravidae ("ancestors of viverrids") is an extinct monophyletic family of mammals from extinct superfamily Viverravoidea within the clade Carnivoramorpha, that lived from the early Palaeocene to the late Eocene in North America, Europe and ...
, that lived in
North America, from the early to late
Paleocene
The Paleocene, ( ) or Palaeocene, is a geological epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 million years ago (mya). It is the first epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek ''pal ...
.
Phylogeny
The phylogenetic relationships of genus ''Bryanictis'' are shown in the following cladogram:
[S. Faurby, L. Werdelin, A. Antonelli (2019]
"Dispersal ability predicts evolutionary success among mammalian carnivores"
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box 461, SE
See also
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Mammal classification
Mammalia is a class of animal within the phylum Chordata. Mammal classification has been through several iterations since Carl Linnaeus initially defined the class. No classification system is universally accepted; McKenna & Bell (1997) and Wilson ...
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Didymictinae
Didymictinae ("double weasels") is an extinct subfamily of mammals from extinct family Viverravidae, that lived from the early Palaeocene to the middle Eocene in North America and Europe.
Classification and phylogeny Classification
* Subfam ...
References
Paleocene mammals of North America
Viverravids
Prehistoric placental genera
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