Viverravinae

Viverravinae ("ancestors of viverrids") is an extinct subfamily of mammals from extinct family Viverravidae, that lived from the early Palaeocene to the middle Eocene in North America, Asia and Europe.

Viverravinae
Temporal range: early Paleocene – middle Eocene
skull of Viverravus minutus
lower jaw of Simpsonictis tenuis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Carnivoramorpha
Superfamily: Viverravoidea
Family: Viverravidae
Subfamily: Viverravinae
Wortman & Matthew, 1899
Type genus
Viverravus
Marsh, 1872
Genera
Synonyms
  • Viverravidae (Wortman & Matthew, 1899)
  • Viverravina (Kalandadze & Rautian, 1992)
  • Viverravini (Kalandadze & Rautian, 1992)
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