Tungurictis
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| Tungurictis Temporal range: Early Miocene – Middle Miocene | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Hyaenidae |
| Genus: | †Tungurictis Colbert, 1939 |
| Type species | |
| †Tungurictis spocki Colbert, 1939 | |
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Tungurictis is an extinct genus of hyaenids containing two described species that lived in East Asia during the Early and Middle Miocene, 17–12 million years ago. The oldest known species, Tungurictis peignei, lived from 17–14 Ma, and was ancestral to the type species, Tungurictis spocki. T. spocki originated in the Middle Miocene and lived until 12 Ma in China. Specimens of both species have been discovered in China, with the type species being known from the Tunggur Formation of Inner Mongolia, and T. peignei from the Junggar Basin in the Xinjiang Upper Autonomous Region.[1] Tungurictis is one of the earliest genera of Hyaenidae, alongside other Early Miocene hyaenids Plioviverrops and Protictitherium.[2]