Magerictis

Magerictis
Temporal range: Middle Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ailuridae
Subfamily: Ailurinae
Genus: Magerictis
Ginsburg, Morales, Soria and Herraez, 1997
Type species
Magerictis imperialenis
Ginsburg, Morales, Soria and Herraez, 1997

Magerictis is a fossil genus of ailurid with a single species Magerictis imperialenis (sometimes spelled Magerictis imperialis), which was originally known from a single m2 tooth. Several more specimens were later found, but were undescribed as of 2014.[1][2]

  1. ^ Ginsburg, Léonard; Morales, Jorge; Soria, Dolores; Herraez, Esther (1997). "Découverte d'une forme ancestrale du Petit Panda dans le Miocène moyen de Madrid (Espagne)" [Discovery of an ancestor of the lesser panda in the Middle Miocene of Madrid (Spain)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences - Series IIA - Earth and Planetary Science (in French). 325 (6): 447–451. Bibcode:1997CRASE.325..447G. doi:10.1016/S1251-8050(97)81163-9. ISSN 1251-8050.
  2. ^ Morlo, Michael; Peigné, Stéphane (2010). "Molecular and morphological evidence for Ailuridae and a review of its genera". Carnivoran Evolution. pp. 119–120. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139193436.005. ISBN 9780521515290.