Moghradictis
| Moghradictis Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | †Stenoplesictidae |
| Genus: | † Morlo, Miller, & El-Barkooky, 2007 |
| Species: | †M. nedjema |
| Binomial name | |
| †Moghradictis nedjema Morlo, Miller, & El-Barkooky, 2007 | |
Moghradictis is an extinct genus of carnivorous cat-like mammals belonging to the infraorder Aeluroidea, endemic to North Africa (Wadi Moghra, Egypt) during the Early Miocene.[1]
Moghradictis is shown to have an omnivorous diet or more precisely, hypercarnivorous to mesocarnivorous.[2][3] It is thought to be a member of the Stenoplesictidae family[1] and has only one known species, M. nedjema.
References
- ^ a b M. Morlo, E. R. Miller, and A. N. El-Barkooky. 2007. Creodonta and Carnivora from Wadi Moghra, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(1):145-159
- ^ J. A. Lillegraven. 1979. Reproduction in Mesozoic mammals. In J. A. Lillegraven, Z. Kielan-Jaworowska, and W. A. Clemens (eds.), Mesozoic Mammals: The First Two-Thirds of Mammalian History. University of California Press, Berkeley 259-276
- ^ R. M. Nowak. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, Sixth Edition I:1-836