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Lophocyonidae

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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 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.

Taxonomy

Classification

Lophocyonidae was previously a subfamily of Hyaenidae, Procyonidae, or Viverridae, but Morales et al. (2019) recognized it as a distinct family in its own right. Distinguishing features of lophocyonids include the molarization of the anterior premolars (P3 and p4), the lophodont adaptation of the molar dentition and the complex morphology of the incisors.

Family †Lophocyonidae
Genus Species Image
†Euboictis †E. aliverensis
†Izmirictis †I. cani
†Lophocyon
  • †L. carpathicus
  • †L. paraskevaidisi
†Sivanasua
  • †S. antiqua
  • †S. moravica
  • †S. viverroides

Phylogenetic tree

The phylogenetic relationships of Lophocyonidae are shown in the following cladogram:

 Lophocyonidae 
 Izmirictis 

†Izmirictis cani

 Euboictis 

†Euboictis aliverensis

 Sivanasua 

†Sivanasua moravica

†Sivanasua antiqua

†Sivanasua viverroides

 Lophocyon 

†Lophocyon carpathicus

†Lophocyon paraskevaidisi

References

  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.


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