Palaeonictinae

Palaeonictinae
Temporal range: late Paleocene to early Eocene
skull of Palaeonictis occidentalis
parts of lower jaw of
Ambloctonus sinosus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Pan-Carnivora
Order: †Oxyaenodonta
Family: †Oxyaenidae
Subfamily: †Palaeonictinae
Denison, 1938
Type genus
†Palaeonictis
de Blainville, 1842
Genera
Synonyms
list of synonyms:
  • Ambloctinae (Solé, 2020)
  • Ambloctonidae (Cope, 1877)
  • Ambloctoninae Cope, 1877
  • Amblyctonidae Cope, 1877
  • Amphicreodi Gregory & Hellman, 1939
  • Palaeonictida Haeckel, 1895
  • Palaeonictidae Osborn, 1892

Palaeonictinae ("ancient weasels") is an extinct subfamily of placental mammals from extinct family Oxyaenidae, that lived from the late Paleocene to early Eocene of Europe and North America.

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