Amphicticeps
Amphicticeps is an extinct genus of small, weasel-like carnivoran mammal. It lived in Mongolia during the Oligocene. The genus was erected in 1924 for the species A. shackelfordi on the basis of a well-preserved skull. Historically, the systematic position of this genus has been problematic until more specimens were described decades later.
| Amphicticeps Temporal range: Early Oligocene, | |
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| Holotype skull of Amphicticeps shackelfordi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | †Amphicynodontidae |
| Genus: | †Amphicticeps Matthew & Granger, 1924 |
| Type species | |
| †Amphicticeps shackelfordi Matthew & Granger, 1924 | |
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