Pristinictis
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| Pristinictis Temporal range: middle Paleocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Superfamily: | †Viverravoidea |
| Family: | †Viverravidae |
| Subfamily: | †Didymictinae |
| Genus: | †Pristinictis Fox & Youzwyshyn, 1994 |
| Type species | |
| †Pristinictis connata Fox & Youzwyshyn, 1994[1] | |
Pristinictis ("primitive weasel") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct subfamily Didymictinae within extinct family Viverravidae, that lived in North America during middle Paleocene.[2][3][4]
