Viverravinae

This article is about an extinct subfamily of mammals. For the extant subfamily, see Viverrinae.

Viverravinae Temporal range: early Paleocene – middle Eocene
skull of Viverravus minutus
lower jaw of Simpsonictis tenuis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Carnivoramorpha
Superfamily:	†Viverravoidea
Family:	†Viverravidae
Subfamily:	†Viverravinae Wortman & Matthew, 1899
Type genus
†Viverravus Marsh, 1872
Genera
†Simpsonictis †Viverravus †Viverriscus
Synonyms
Viverravidae (Wortman & Matthew, 1899) Viverravina (Kalandadze & Rautian, 1992) Viverravini (Kalandadze & Rautian, 1992)

Viverravinae ("ancestors of viverrids") is an extinct subfamily of mammals from extinct family Viverravidae, that lived from the early Palaeocene to the middle Eocene in North America, Asia and Europe.

Classification and phylogeny

Classification

• Subfamily: †Viverravinae (Wortman & Matthew, 1899)
  • Genus: †Simpsonictis (MacIntyre, 1962)
    • †Simpsonictis jaynanneae (Rigby, 1980)
    • †Simpsonictis pegus (Gingerich & Winkler, 1985)
    • †Simpsonictis tenuis (Simpson, 1935)
  • Genus: †Viverravus (Marsh, 1872)
    • †Viverravus acutus (Matthew & Granger, 1915)
    • †Viverravus gracilis (Marsh, 1872)
    • †Viverravus lawsoni (Hooker, 2010)
    • †Viverravus laytoni (Gingerich & Winkler, 1985)
    • †Viverravus lutosus (Gazin, 1952)
    • †Viverravus minutus (Wortman, 1901)
    • †Viverravus politus (Matthew & Granger, 1915)
    • †Viverravus rosei (Polly, 1997)
    • †Viverravus sicarius (Matthew, 1909)
    • †Viverravus sp. [V11141] (Meng, 1998)
    • †Viverravus sp. [Locality Group 2, Washakie Basin, Wyoming] (Tomiya, 2021)
  • Genus: †Viverriscus (Beard & Dawson, 2009)
    • †Viverriscus omnivorus (Beard & Dawson, 2009)

Phylogeny

The phylogenetic relationships of subfamily Viverravinae are shown in the following cladogram:

Carnivoramorpha

Carnivoraformes  ?  †Carnivoramorpha sp. (UALVP 31176)  ?  †Carnivoramorpha sp. (USNM 538395)  ?  †"Sinopa" insectivorus  †Viverravidae   ?  †Ravenictis  ?  †Carnivoramorpha sp. (UALVP 50993 & UALVP 50994)  †Viverravoidea   †Viverravidae  †Orientictis †Pappictidops †Preonictis †Variviverra †Ictidopappinae †Didymictinae  ?  †Viverravidae sp. (CM 71188 & CM 71189)  †Viverravinae   †Simpsonictis  †Simpsonictis jaynanneae †Simpsonictis pegus †Simpsonictis tenuis  †Viverriscus  †Viverriscus omnivorus  †Viverravus  †Viverravus lawsoni †Viverravus politus  ?  †Viverravus sp. [V11141] †Viverravus laytoni †Viverravus acutus †Viverravus rosei †Viverravus gracilis †Viverravus lutosus †Viverravus minutus †Viverravus sicarius †Viverravus sp. (Locality Group 2, Washakie Basin, Wyoming)  sensu stricto   sensu lato

See also

• Mammal classification
• Viverravidae