Viverravus ("ancestor of Viverra") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct subfamily Viverravinae within extinct family Viverravidae, that lived in North America, Europe and Asia from the middle Paleocene to middle Eocene.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. Viverravus in Fossil Works / Paleodb.org
Classification and phylogeny Taxonomy Genus: †Viverravus Species: Distribution of the species and type locality: Age:†V. acutus W. D. Matthew and W. Granger (1915.) "A revision of the Lower Eocene Wasatch and Wind River faunas." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34(1):1-103 (Colorado and Wyoming)56.2–50.5 Ma†V. gracilis O. C. Marsh (1872.) "Preliminary description of new Tertiary mammals. Part I." American Journal of Science 4(20):122-128 Colorado Utah Grizzly Buttes, Bridger Formation in Wyoming54.9–46.2 Ma†V. lawsoni (Abbey Wood, Blackheath Beds Formation in Greater London)56.0–55.2 Ma†V. laytoni P. D. Gingerich and D. A. Winkler (1985.) "Systematics of Paleocene Viverravidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) in the Bighorn Basin and Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming." Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(4):87-128 (Alberta) (Princeton Quarry, Fort Union Formation, Clark's Fork Basin in Wyoming)60.9–54.9 Ma†V. lutosus C. L. Gazin (1952.) "The Lower Eocene Knight Formation Of Western Wyoming and Its Mammalian Faunas." Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 117(18):1-82 Colorado Knight Formation in Wyoming54.9–46.2 Ma†V. minutus J. L. Wortman (1901.) "Studies of Eocene Mammalia in the Marsh Collection, Peabody Museum." The American Journal of Science, series 4 12:193-206 (Colorado, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming)54.9–39.7 Ma†V. politus (Colorado and Wyoming)60.9–50.5 Ma†V. rosei P. D. Polly (1997.) "Ancestry and Species Definition in Paleontology: A Stratocladistic Analysis of Paleocene-Eocene Viverravidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from Wyoming." Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 30(1):1-53 (Wyoming)56.2–50.5 Ma†V. sicarius W. D. Matthew (1909.) "The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, middle Eocene." Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 9:289-567: Colorado Utah Bridger Formation in Wyoming50.5–39.7 Ma†V. sp. [V11141] J. Meng, R. J. Zhai and A. R. Wyss (1998.) "The late Paleocene Bayan Ulan fauna of Inner Mongolia, China." Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 34:148-185 (Inner Mongolia)42.0–39.9 Ma†V. sp. [Locality Group 2, Washakie Basin, Wyoming] (Wyoming)47.0–46.2 Ma
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