拟狐兽属是一个属于细齿兽类灭绝的属。牠是所有肉食性动物的祖先。

Vulpavus[1]
化石时期:始新世早期至中期
Vulpavus ovatus
科学分类 编辑
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 脊索动物门 Chordata
纲: 哺乳纲 Mammalia
科: 细齿兽科 Miacidae
属: 拟狐兽属 Vulpavus
Marsh, 1871
模式种
Vulpavus palustris
物种
  • V. australis
  • V. canavus
  • V. ovatus
  • V. palustris
  • V. profectus

注释

  1. ^ Flynn, 1998

参考资料

  • (英文) Alexander, J. 1992. Alas poor Notharctus. Natural History 9:54-59.
  • (英文) Flynn, J.J., 1998. Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea"). pp.110–123 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
  • (英文) Dinosaur Encyclopedia by Jayne Parsons
  • (英文) The Origin and Evolution of Mammals (Oxford Biology) by T. S. Kemp