Stenoplesictidae

Stenoplesictidae; Temporal range: Eocene–Middle Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil of Stenoplesictis, an extinct mammal.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	†Stenoplesictidae; Schlosser, 1923
Genera
	†Africanictis; †; †Anictis; †Asiavorator; †; †Herpestides; †; †Moghradictis; †; †; †; †; †Stenoplesictis; †;

Stenoplesictidae is the name of a polyphyletic family of extinct civet-like feliforms.

Taxonomy[]

Classification[]

Family †Stenoplesictidae
Family	Genus	Species
†Stenoplesictidae	†Africanictis (Morales et al., 1998)	†A. hyaenoides †A. meini †A. schmidtkittleri
	† (N. Egi et al., 2016)	†A. indigenus
	†Anictis (Kretzoi, 1945)	†A. simplicidens
	†Asiavorator (Spassov & Lange-Badré, 1995)	†A. gracilis
	† (Filhol, 1882)	†H. media
	† (Schmidt-Kittler, 1987)	†M. hodopeus †M. pickfordi
	†Moghradictis (Morlo, Miller & El-Barkooky, 2007)	†M. nedjema
	† (Filhol, 1880)	†P. lamandini †P. mutabilis
	† (Schlosser, 1887)	†P. guntianus
	† (Hunt, 1998)	†S. constans †S. elegans
	† (Schlosser, 1888)	†S. bransatensis †S. brevidens †S. gracilis †S. intermedia
	†Stenoplesictis (Filhol, 1880)	†S. cayluxi †S. crocheti †S. minor
	† (Bonis, Peigné & M. Hugueney, 1999)	†V. gallardi †V. julieni

Phylogenetic tree[]

The cladogram shown below represents the current phylogenetic relationships of members of family Stenoplesictidae (green):

Feliformia

†Nimravidae

Aeluroidea

Nandiniidae

Viverroidea

Viverridae

	Paradoxurinae

	Hemigalinae

†Herpestides

†Africanictis

	†Africanictis meini

	†Africanictis hyaenoides

†Africanictis schmidtkittleri

†"Stenoplesictis"	†"Stenoplesictis" muhoronii

†Moghradictis	†Moghradictis nedjema

†

	†Mioprionodon hodopeus

	†Mioprionodon pickfordi

†

†

†

Viverrinae

	Viverrinae

sensu lato

Herpestoidea

†

†Alagtsavbaatar indigenus

†Anictis

†Anictis simplicidens

†Asiavorator

†Asiavorator gracilis

†

	†Shandgolictis constans

	†Shandgolictis elegans

Feloidea

Prionodontidae

Prionodontidae

†

	†Palaeoprionodon lamandini

	†Palaeoprionodon mutabilis

sensu lato

†

†Haplogale media

†Stenoplesictis

	†Stenoplesictis cayluxi

	†Stenoplesictis crocheti

†Stenoplesictis minor

†

†Pseudictis guntianus

†Barbourofelidae

†

	†Viretictis gallardi

	†Viretictis julieni

†

	†Stenogale bransatensis

	†Stenogale intermedia

†Stenogale gracilis

†Stenogale brevidens

Felidae

†Proailurinae

†Proailurus

	†Proailurus bourbonnensis

	†Proailurus lemanensis

	†Proailurus major

	†Machairodontinae

	†Pseudaelurus

†Hyperailurictis

†Sivaelurus

†Styriofelis

Felinae

Felinae

	†Miopanthera

	Pantherinae

sensu lato

References[]

Morlo M. & Nagel D. (2007). "The carnivore guild of the Taatsiin Gol area: Hyaenodontidae (Creodonta), Carnivora, and Didymoconida from the Oligocene of Central Mongolia". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien 108A: 217–231.
Morlo M., Miller E. R. & El-Barkooky A. N. (2007). "Creodonta and Carnivora from Wadi Moghra, Egypt". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(1): 145–159.
de Bonis, L., S. Peigne, & M. Hugueney (1999) – "Carnivores feloides de l'Oligocene superieur de Coderet-Bransat (Allier, France)". Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 1999 170: 939–949.
Morales, J., Pickford, M., Salesa, M. & Soria, D., 2000. The systematic status of Kelba, Savage, 1965, Kenyalutra, Schmidt-Kittler, 1987 and Ndamathaia, Jacobs et al., 1987, "(Viverridae, Mammalia) and a review of Early Miocene mongoose-like carnivores of Africa". Annales de Paléontologie: Vol. 86, #4, pp. 243–251.
Hunt, R. M., Jr (1998) – "Evolution of the aeluroid Carnivora. Diversity of the earliest aeluroids from Eurasia (Quercy, Hsanda-Gol) and the origin of felids". American Museum Novitates; no. 3252 (PDF)

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