Viverravinae ("ancestors of

viverrids Viverridae is a family of small to medium-sized feliform mammals, comprising 14 genera with 33 species. This family was named and first described by John Edward Gray in 1821. Viverrids occur all over Africa, in southern Europe, South and S ...

") is an

extinct Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...

of mammals from 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 A ...

, that lived from the early

Palaeocene 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 ''palai ...

to the middle

Eocene The Eocene ( ) is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes ...

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Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...

and

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Classification and phylogeny

Classification

* Subfamily: †Viverravinae ** Genus: †'' Simpsonictis'' *** †''Simpsonictis jaynanneae'' *** †''Simpsonictis pegus'' *** †''Simpsonictis tenuis'' ** Genus: †''

Viverravus ''Viverravus'' ("ancestor of ''Viverra''") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct subfamily Viverravinae within extinct family Viverravidae, that lived in North America, Europe and Asia from the middle Paleocene to middle Eocene ...

'' *** †''Viverravus acutus'' *** †''Viverravus gracilis'' *** †''Viverravus lawsoni'' *** †''Viverravus laytoni'' *** †''Viverravus lutosus'' *** †''Viverravus minutus'' *** †''Viverravus politus'' *** †''Viverravus rosei'' *** †''Viverravus sicarius'' *** †''Viverravus'' sp. 'V11141'' *** †''Viverravus'' sp. ocality Group 2, Washakie Basin, Wyoming ** Genus: †'' Viverriscus'' *** †''Viverriscus omnivorus''

References

Viverravids Paleocene first appearances Eocene extinctions Mammal subfamilies {{Paleo-carnivora-stub