Bryanictis ("Bryan's weasel") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct subfamily Didymictinae within extinct family Viverravidae, that lived in North America, from the early to late Paleocene.[6][7]

Bryanictis
Temporal range: 63.8–56.2 Ma early to late Paleocene[1]
lower jaw of Bryanictis microlestes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Superfamily: Viverravoidea
Family: Viverravidae
Subfamily: Didymictinae
Genus: Bryanictis
MacIntyre, 1966[2]
Type species
Bryanictis microlestes
Simpson, 1935
Species
  • B. microlestes (Simpson, 1935)[3]
  • B. paulus (Meehan & Wilson, 2002)[4]
  • B. terlinguae (Standhardt, 1986)[5]
Synonyms
synonyms of species:
  • B. microlestes:
    • Didymictis microlestes (Simpson, 1935)
    • Protictis microlestes (MacIntyre, 1966)
  • B. terlinguae:
    • Protictis terlinguae (Standhardt, 1986)

References edit

  1. ^ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  2. ^ G. T. MacIntyre (1966) "The Miacidae (Mammalia, Carnivora): Part 1, The systematics of Ictidopappus and Protictis." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 131(2):115-210
  3. ^ Simpson, George Gaylord (1935). "New Paleocene Mammals from the Fort Union of Montana". Proceedings of the United States Museum. 83 (2981).
  4. ^ T. J. Meehan and R. W. Wilson (2002) "New viverravids from the Torrejonian (Middle Paleocene) of Kutz Canyon, New Mexico and the oldest skull of the order Carnivora." Journal of Paleontology 76(6):1091-1101
  5. ^ Barbara R. Standhardt (1986.) "Vertebrate Paleontology of the Cretaceous/Tertiary Transition of ansition of Big Bend National Park, Texas (Lancian, Puercan, Mammalia, Dinosauria, Paleomagnetism)." Louisiana State University
  6. ^ McKenna, Malcolm C.; Bell, Susan K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  7. ^ J. J. Flynn (1998.) "Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea")." In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.) "Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals." Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 0-521-35519-2