Viverravus

Viverravus is an extinct genus of Viverravidae.[1][2] It was named by Marsh in 1872, who described the type species, Viverravus gracilis.[3]

Viverravus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Family:	†Viverravidae
Genus:	†Viverravus Marsh, 1872
Species
Viverravus gracilis (type) Viverravus acutus Viverravus lawsoni Viverravus laytoni Viverravus lutosus Viverravus minutus Viverravus nitidus Viverravus politus Viverravus rosei Viverravus sicarius

Taxonomy

Species	Authority	Type locality	Status and notes
†Viverravus gracilis	O. C. Marsh, 1872[3]	Grizzly Buttes, Bridger Formation (Wyoming, USA)	Type species. Synonyms: Didymictis dawkinsianus Cope 1881, Harpalodon vulpinus Marsh 1872, Triacodon fallax Marsh 1871, Ziphacodon rugatus Marsh 1872
†Viverravus nitidus
†Viverravus minutus	Wortman 1901[4]
†Viverravus sicarius	Matthew 1909[5]	Bridger Formation	Synonym: Ziphacodon Marsh 1872
†Viverravus politus	Matthew and Granger 1915[6]		Synonym: Protictis schaffi Gingerich and Winkler 1985
†Viverravus acutus
†Viverravus lutosus	Gazin 1952[7]	Knight Formation (Wyoming, USA)
†Viverravus laytoni	Gingerich and Winkler 1985[8]	Princeton Quarry, Fort Union Formation, Clark's Fork Basin (Wyoming, USA)	Described as Protictis laytoni; assigned to Viverravus by Polly (1997).[9] Synonym: Viverravus bowni Gingerich 1987
†Viverravus rosei	Polly 1997[9]
†Viverravus lawsoni	Hooker 2010[10]	Abbey Wood, Blackheath Beds Formation (United Kingdom)

References

1. Flynn, J.J., 1998. Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea"). pp.110-123 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 0-521-35519-2
2. Viverravus in Fossil Works / Paleodb.org
3. O. C. Marsh. 1872. Preliminary description of new Tertiary mammals. Part I. American Journal of Science 4(20):122-128
4. J. L. Wortman. 1901. Studies of Eocene Mammalia in the Marsh Collection, Peabody Museum. The American Journal of Science, series 4 12:143-154
5. W. D. Matthew. 1909. The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, middle Eocene. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 9:289-567
6. W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1915. A revision of the Lower Eocene Wasatch and Wind River faunas. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34(1):1-103
7. C. L. Gazin. 1952. The Lower Eocene Knight Formation Of Western Wyoming and Its Mammalian Faunas. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 117(18):1-82
8. P. D. Gingerich and D. A. Winkler. 1985. Systematics of Paleocene Viverravidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) in the Bighorn Basin and Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(4):87-128
9. P. D. Polly. 1997. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 30(1):1-53
10. 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

Sources

• Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level: Above the Species by Malcolm C. McKenna, Susan K. Bell, and George Gaylord Simpson ISBN 0-231-11013-8