Megaviverra

Megaviverra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Viverridae
Genus: †Megaviverra
Qiu, 1980

Megaviverra is an extinct genus of viverrid that lived during the Neogene and Quaternary periods.

Distribution

The species M. carpathorum is known from Pliocene sites in Poland.[1] M. pleistocenicus is known from Early Pleistocene deposits in China.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Lipecki, Grzegorz; Marciszak, Adrian; Gornig, Wiktoria; Wolsan, Mieczysław (29 July 2024). "First record of Megaviverra carpathorum (Kretzoi and Fejfar, 1982) from Poland within Eurasian context". Hystrix the Italian Journal of Mammalogy. 35 (1): 0. doi:10.4404/hystrix-00703-2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  2. ^ Dong, Wei; Liu, Jinyi; Fang, Yingsan (8 May 2013). "The large mammals from Tuozidong (eastern China) and the Early Pleistocene environmental availability for early human settlements". Quaternary International. 295: 73–82. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2012.01.014. Retrieved 19 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
  3. ^ Wang, Wei; Liao, Wei; Li, Dawei; Tian, Feng (15 December 2014). "Early Pleistocene large-mammal fauna associated with Gigantopithecus at Mohui Cave, Bubing Basin, South China". Quaternary International. 354: 122–130. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2014.06.036. Retrieved 19 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.