Lophocyonidae

Lophocyonidae is an extinct family of feliform carnivorans from the Miocene of Europe.[1][2][3]

Lophocyonidae
Temporal range: Early Miocene–Late Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: †Lophocyonidae
Fejfar & Schmidt-Kittler, 1987
Genera
  • †Euboictis
  • †Izmirictis
  • †Lophocyon
  • †Sivanasua

Taxonomy

Classification

Lophocyonidae was previously treated as a subfamily of Hyaenidae, Procyonidae, or Viverridae, but Morales et al. (2019) recognized it as a distinct family in its own right. Distinguishing features of lophocyonids include the molarization of the anterior premolars (P3 and p4), the lophodont adaptation of the molar dentition and the complex morphology of the incisors.[2]

Family †Lophocyonidae
GenusSpeciesImage
†Euboictis †E. aliverensis
†Izmirictis †I. cani
†Lophocyon
  • †L. carpathicus
  • †L. paraskevaidisi
†Sivanasua
  • †S. antiqua
  • †S. moravica
  • †S. viverroides

Phylogenetic tree

The phylogenetic relationships of Lophocyonidae are shown in the following cladogram:[2]

 Lophocyonidae 
 Izmirictis 

†Izmirictis cani

 
 
 Euboictis 

†Euboictis aliverensis

 
 
 Sivanasua 
 

†Sivanasua antiqua

 
 

†Sivanasua moravica

 
 

†Sivanasua viverroides

 
 
 Lophocyon 
 

†Lophocyon carpathicus

 
 

†Lophocyon paraskevaidisi

 
 
 
 
 
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References
  1. Pilgrim, G. E. (1931). Catalogue of the pontian Carnivora of Europe. British Museum (Natural History): 1174.
  2. Morales, Jorge; Mayda, Serdar; Valenciano, Alberto; DeMiguel, Daniel; Kaya, Tanju (2019). "A new lophocyonid, Izmirictis cani gen. et sp. nov. (Carnivora: Mammalia), from the lower Miocene of Turkey". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. Online edition. doi:10.1080/14772019.2018.1529000.
  3. O. Fejfar, N. Schmidt-Kittler, and M. Zacharov. 1987. Lophocyon carpathicus n. gen. n. sp. aus dem Jungtertiaer der Ostslowakei und eine neue Unterfamilie der Schleichkatzen (Viverridae). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 199(1-3):1-22.
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