Ravenictis
| Ravenictis Temporal range: early Palaeocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Clade: | Pan-Carnivora |
| Clade: | Carnivoramorpha |
| Genus: | †Ravenictis Fox & Youzwyshyn, 1994[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Ravenictis krausei Fox & Youzwyshyn, 1994[1]
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Ravenictis ("weasel from Ravenscrag") is an extinct monotypic genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoramorpha, that lived in North America during the early Palaeocene.[2][3][4]
Etymology
[edit]The generic name Ravenictis derives from Ravenscrag, Saskatchewan, which is located close to where the holotype was found, and the Greek word iktis, meaning marten or weasel. The specific epithet of the type species, Ravenictis krausei, honours the palaeontologist David W. Krause.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Fox, Richard C.; Youzwyshyn, Gordon P. (7 September 1994). "New primitive carnivorans (Mammalia) from the Paleocene of western Canada, and their bearing on relationships of the order". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 14 (3): 382–404. doi:10.1080/02724634.1994.10011566. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 7 March 2026 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
- ^ McKenna, Malcolm C.; Bell, Susan K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ J. J. Flynn (1998.) "Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea")." In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.) "Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals." Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 9780521355193
- ^ "PBDB Taxon". Retrieved 7 March 2026.
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