Africtis
| Africtis Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Genus: | †Africtis |
| Species: | †A. sirtensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Africtis sirtensis Mattingly et al., 2020 | |
Africtis is an extinct genus of carnivoramorph that inhabited Libya during the Rupelian. It is a monotypic genus that contains a single species, Africtis sirtensis.[1]
References
- ^ Mattingly, Spencer G.; Beard, K. Christopher; Coster, Pauline M.C.; Salem, Mustafa J.; Chaimanee, Yaowalak; Jaeger, Jean-Jacques (December 2020). "A new carnivoraform from the early Oligocene of Libya: Oldest known record of Carnivoramorpha in Africa". Journal of African Earth Sciences. 172: 103994. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2020.103994. Retrieved 7 November 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.