Semigenetta

Semigenetta is an extinct genus of viverrid. It lived in Europe, China and Thailand in the Miocene,[1] and was very similar to the extant genus Genetta, but lacked a molar that Genetta still possesses.[2]

Semigenetta
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Viverridae
Subfamily: Viverrinae
Genus: †Semigenetta
Type species
†Semigenetta repelini
Helbing, 1927
Species
  • †S. cadeoti Roman and Viret 1934
  • †S. elegans Dehm, 1950
  • †S. grandis Crusafont & Golpe, 1981
  • †S. laugnacensis De Bonis, 1973
  • †S. ripolli Petter, 1976
  • †S. sansaniensis Lartet, 1851

References
  1. "Fossilworks: Semigenetta".
  2. Nagel, Doris. "Carnivores from the Middle Miocene deposits of Grund (Lower Austria)" (PDF).


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