Viverravus lawsoni Hooker 2010 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Viverravidae

Full reference: J. J. Hooker. 2010. The mammal fauna of the early Eocene Blackheath Formation of Abbey Wood, London. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 165:1-162

Belongs to Viverravus according to J. J. Hooker 2010

Sister taxa: Viverravus acutus, Viverravus gracilis, Viverravus laytoni, Viverravus lutosus, Viverravus minutus, Viverravus nitidus, Viverravus politus, Viverravus rosei, Viverravus schaffi, Viverravus sicarius

Type specimen: NHMUK M51700, a tooth. Its type locality is Abbey Wood, which is in a Ypresian marine sandstone in the Blackheath Beds Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Abbey Wood

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