Amphicticeps

Amphicticeps
Temporal range: Early Oligocene, 33.9–28.4 Ma
Holotype skull of Amphicticeps shackelfordi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: †Amphicynodontidae
Genus: †Amphicticeps
Matthew & Granger, 1924
Type species
†Amphicticeps shackelfordi
Matthew & Granger, 1924
Other species
  • A. dorog Wang et al., 2005
  • A. makhchinus Wang et al., 2005

Amphicticeps is an extinct genus of small, weasel-like carnivoran mammal. It lived in Mongolia during the Oligocene. The genus was erected in 1924 for the species A. shackelfordi on the basis of a well-preserved skull. Historically, the systematic position of this genus has been problematic until more specimens were described decades later.[1]

  1. ^ Matthew, William Diller; Granger, Walter (1924). "New Carnivora from the Tertiary of Mongolia". American Museum Novitates (104). hdl:2246/3213.