Goupilictis

Extinct genus of carnivores

Goupilictis
Temporal range: Oligocene - Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Amphicyonidae
Subfamily: Amphicyoninae
Genus: Goupilictis
Ginsburg, 1969
Species:
G. minor
Binomial name
Goupilictis minor
(Dehm, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Amphicyon minor Dehm, 1931

Goupilictis minor is a prehistoric species of mammal in the family Amphicyonidae. There is only one known species in the genus Goupilictis.

Description

Goupilictis lived in the Oligocene and Miocene ages, about 28.4-5.332 million years ago. Fossils have been found in France, Germany and Ukraine.

Sources

  • Fossilworks: Goupilictis minor Archived 2022-04-28 at the Wayback Machine
  • Mammalia, Carnivora, Amphicyonidae
  • Goupilictis Ginsburg, 1969 - GBIF
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Genera of amphicyonids
Amphicyoninae
Daphoeninae
Haplocyoninae
Temnocyoninae
Thaumastocyoninae
Amphicyon ingens
Taxon identifiers
Goupilictis


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