Ictidopappus Temporal range: Paleocene
early
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lower jaw of Ictidopappus mustelinus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Family: | † Viverravidae |
Subfamily: | †
Ictidopappinae Van Valen, 1969 [1] |
Genus: | †
Ictidopappus Simpson, 1935 |
Type species | |
†Ictidopappus mustelinus Simpson, 1935
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Synonyms | |
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Ictidopappus ("grandfather of weasels") is an extinct genus of mammals from extinct subfamily Ictidopappinae within extinct family Viverravidae, that lived in North America during the early Paleocene. [3] [4]