Raphictis late | |
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lower jaw of Raphictis gausion | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Superfamily: | †Viverravoidea |
Family: | †Viverravidae |
Subfamily: | †Didymictinae |
Genus: | †Raphictis Gingerich & Winkler, 1985[2] |
Type species | |
†Raphictis gausion Gingerich & Winkler, 1985
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Species | |
Raphictis ("needle weasel") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct subfamily Didymictinae within extinct family Viverravidae, that lived in North America during late Paleocene.[5][6][7]