Orangictis gariepensis Morales et al. 2001 (civet)

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

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