Semigenetta

Semigenetta
Temporal range: Langhian–Tortonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Viverridae
Subfamily: Viverrinae
Genus: Semigenetta
Type species
Semigenetta repelini
Helbing, 1927
Species
  • S. cadeoti Roman and Viret 1934
  • S. elegans Dehm, 1950
  • S. grandis Crusafont & Golpe, 1981
  • S. laugnacensis De Bonis, 1973
  • S. ripolli Petter, 1976
  • S. sansaniensis Lartet, 1851

Semigenetta is an extinct genus of viverrid. It lived in Europe, China, and Thailand in the Miocene,[1] and was very similar to the extant genus Genetta, but lacked a molar that Genetta still possesses.[2]

  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Semigenetta".
  2. ^ Nagel, Doris. "Carnivores from the Middle Miocene deposits of Grund (Lower Austria)" (PDF).