Miacis

Miacis
Temporal range: early to middle Eocene
skull of Miacis parvivorus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Carnivoramorpha
Clade: Carnivoraformes
Genus: †Miacis
Cope, 1872
Type species
†Miacis parvivorus
Cope, 1872
Synonyms
synonyms of species:
  • M. parvivorus:
    • Viverravus parvivorus (Matthew, 1899)
    • Vulpavus parvivorus (Cope, 1873)

Miacis ("small point") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America from the early to middle Eocene.

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