Lophocyonidae

Lophocyonidae
Temporal range: Early Miocene–Late Miocene
Lophocyon paraskevaidisi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Superfamily: Herpestoidea
Family: Lophocyonidae
Fejfar & Schmidt-Kittler, 1987
Genera

Lophocyonidae is an extinct family of feliform carnivorans from the Miocene of Europe.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Pilgrim, G. E. (1931). Catalogue of the pontian Carnivora of Europe. British Museum (Natural History): 1174.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.