Lophocyonidae
Extinct family of carnivores
Lophocyonidae
Temporal range:
Early Miocene–Late Miocene
PreꞒ
Ꞓ
O
S
D
C
P
T
J
K
Pg
N
Lophocyon paraskevaidisi
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Carnivora
Suborder:
Feliformia
Superfamily:
Herpestoidea
Family:
†
Lophocyonidae
Fejfar & Schmidt-Kittler, 1987
Genera
†
Euboictis
†
Izmirictis
†
Lophocyon
†
Sivanasua
Lophocyonidae
is an extinct family of
feliform
carnivorans from the Miocene of Europe.
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Pilgrim, G. E. (1931). Catalogue of the pontian Carnivora of Europe. British Museum (Natural History): 1174.
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Morales, Jorge; Mayda, Serdar; Valenciano, Alberto; DeMiguel, Daniel; Kaya, Tanju (2019).
"A new lophocyonid,
Izmirictis cani
gen. et sp. nov. (Carnivora: Mammalia), from the lower Miocene of Turkey"
.
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. Online Edition
.
17
(16): 1347–1358.
Bibcode
:
2019JSPal..17.1347M
.
doi
:
10.1080/14772019.2018.1529000
.
hdl
:
10261/223616
.
S2CID
91268744
.
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Fejfar, O.; Schmidt-Kittler, N.; Zacharov, M. (1987). "Lophocyon carpathicus n. gen. n. sp. aus dem Jungtertiaer der Ostslowakei und eine neue Unterfamilie der Schleichkatzen (Viverridae)".
Palaeontographica Abteilung A
.
199
(1–3): 1–22.