†Orangictis gariepensis Morales et al. 2001 (civet)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
Full reference: J. Morales, M. Pickford, D. Soria and S. Fraile. 2001. New Viverrinae (Carnivora: Mammalia) from the basal Middle Miocene of Arrisdrift, Namibia. Palaeontologia africana 37:99-102
Belongs to Orangictis according to J. Morales et al. 2001
See also Morales and Pickford 2011
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AD 613'98, a mandible (Hema-Mandible with C-M2). Its type locality is Arrisdrift, which is in a Miocene channel sandstone in Namibia.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Arrisdrift
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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