Xinyuictis

<i>Xinyuictis</i>

Xinyuictis

Extinct genus of carnivores

Xinyuictis ("weasel from Xinyu") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in Asia from the early to late Eocene.[5][6][7][8]

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References

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    X.-S. Huang, Y.-S. Tong and J.-W. Wang (1999.) "A new Miacis (Mammalia Carnivora, Miacidae) from the Middle Eocene of Yuanqu Basin, Shanxi Province." Vertebrata PalAsiatica 37(4):291-299
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