Subparictis
Extinct genus of carnivores
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Subparictis is an extinct genus of carnivoran mammals in the family Subparictidae that inhabited North America.
| Subparictis Temporal range: Chadronian to Whitneyan | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | †Subparictidae |
| Genus: | †Subparictis Clark and Guensburg, 1972 |
| Type species | |
| †Subparictis gilpini Clark and Guensburg, 1972 | |
| Species | |
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Taxonomy & evolution
Subparictis was originally described as a subgenus of Parictis for Parictis (Subparictis) gilpini in 1972.[1] It also included three other species: S. dakotensis, which had first been described in 1936;[2] S. parvus, which was first described in 1967;[3] and S. montanus, which was described in the same 1972 paper that named the subgenus.[1]
The genus Parictis was revised, and Subparictis elevated to a full genus, in an extensive re-description in 1996.[4] It is assigned to the early arctoid family Subparictidae as of 2023.[5]
