en Sonitictis

Sonitictis; Temporal range: Middle Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Mustelidae
Genus:	†Sonitictis; Wang et. al., 2022
Type species
	†Sonitictis moralesi; Wang et. al., 2022

Sonitictis is an extinct genus of mustelid carnivoran mammal that lived in what would become Inner Mongolia during the Middle Miocene Epoch, between 15 and 11 million years ago. The genus Sonitictis contains a single known species, S. moralesi.^[1]

References

^ Wang, Xiaoming; Tseng, Z. Jack; Jiangzuo, Qigao; Wang, Shiqi; Wang, Hongjiang (3 August 2022). "Sonitictis moralesi , gen. et sp. nov, a new hypercarnivorous and durophagous mustelid from middle Miocene Tunggur Formation, Inner Mongolia, China and its functional morphology". Historical Biology. 34 (8): 1361–1372. doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.2004594. ISSN 0891-2963. Retrieved 8 November 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.

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[1] Wang, Xiaoming; Tseng, Z. Jack; Jiangzuo, Qigao; Wang, Shiqi; Wang, Hongjiang (3 August 2022). "Sonitictis moralesi , gen. et sp. nov, a new hypercarnivorous and durophagous mustelid from middle Miocene Tunggur Formation, Inner Mongolia, China and its functional morphology". Historical Biology. 34 (8): 1361–1372. doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.2004594. ISSN 0891-2963. Retrieved 8 November 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.

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