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Pristinictis 
Summary
Pristinictis ("primitive weasel") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct subfamily Didymictinae within extinct family Viverravidae, that lived in North America during middle Paleocene.[2][3][4]
| Pristinictis Temporal range: middle Paleocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Superfamily: | †Viverravoidea |
| Family: | †Viverravidae |
| Subfamily: | †Didymictinae |
| Genus: | †Pristinictis Fox & Youzwyshyn, 1994 |
| Type species | |
| †Pristinictis connata Fox & Youzwyshyn, 1994[1]
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References edit
- ^ R. C. Fox and G. P. Youzwyshyn (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
- ^ 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 0-521-35519-2
- ^ Tom S. Kemp (2005) "The Origin & Evolution of Mammals." Oxford University Press, Oxford ISBN 0-19-850761-5