Didymictinae

Extinct subfamily of carnivores

Didymictinae Temporal range: 63.8–39.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N early Paleocene - middle Eocene

skull of Didymictis protenus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Carnivoramorpha
Superfamily:	†Viverravoidea
Family:	†Viverravidae
Subfamily:	†Didymictinae Flynn & Galiano, 1982^[1]
Type genus
†Didymictis Cope, 1875
Genera
†Bryanictis †Didymictis †Intyrictis †Pristinictis †Protictis ^{(paraphyletic genus)} †Raphictis Incertae sedis: †"Deltatherium" durini
Synonyms
Didymictida (Flynn & Galiano, 1982) Didymictidae (Flynn & Galiano, 1982)

Didymictinae ("double weasels") is an extinct subfamily of mammals from extinct family Viverravidae, that lived from the early Palaeocene to the middle Eocene in North America and Europe.^[2]

Classification and phylogeny

Classification

Subfamily: †Didymictinae (Wortman & Matthew, 1899)
- Genus: †Bryanictis (MacIntyre, 1966)
  - †Bryanictis microlestes (Simpson, 1935)
  - †Bryanictis paulus (Meehan & Wilson, 2002)
  - †Bryanictis terlinguae (Standhardt, 1986)
- Genus: †Didymictis (Cope, 1875)
  - †Didymictis altidens (Cope, 1880)
  - †Didymictis dellensis (Dorr, 1952)
  - †Didymictis leptomylus (Cope, 1880)
  - †Didymictis protenus (Cope, 1874)
  - †Didymictis proteus (Polly, 1997)
  - †Didymictis vancleveae (Robinson, 1966)
  - †Didymictis sp. [Erquelinnes, Hainaut, Belgium] (Dollo, 1909)
- Genus: †Intyrictis (Gingerich & Winkler, 1985)
  - †Intyrictis vanvaleni (MacIntyre, 1966)
- Genus: †Pristinictis (Fox & Youzwyshyn, 1994)
  - †Pristinictis connata (Fox & Youzwyshyn, 1994)
- Genus: †Protictis (Matthew, 1937)
  - †Protictis agastor (Gingerich & Winkler, 1985)
  - †Protictis haydenianus (Cope, 1882)
  - †Protictis minor (Meehan & Wilson, 2002)
  - †Protictis paralus (Holtzman, 1978)
  - †Protictis simpsoni (Meehan & Wilson, 2002)
  - †Protictis aprophatos (Flynn & Galiano, 1982)
- Genus: †Raphictis (Gingerich & Winkler, 1985)
  - †Raphictis gausion (Gingerich & Winkler, 1985)
  - †Raphictis iota (Scott, 2008)
  - †Raphictis machaera (Rankin, 2009)
  - †Raphictis nanoptexis (Rankin, 2009)
- Incertae sedis:
  - †"Deltatherium" durini (Van Valen, 1978)

References

^ J. J. Flynn and H. Galiano. (1982.) "Phylogeny of Early Tertiary Carnivora, With a Description of a New Species of Protictis From the Middle Eocene of Northwestern Wyoming" American Museum Novitates 2725:1-64
^ 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.

Mammals of clade Pan-Carnivora

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Clade: Scrotifera
Grandorder: Ferungulata
Mirorder: Ferae

Pan-Carnivora

Carnivoramorpha	See Carnivoramorpha below ↓
†Hyaenodonta	See Hyaenodonta below ↓
†Oxyaenodonta	See Oxyaenodonta below ↓
†Wyolestidae	†Wyolestes
†Simidectes †Altacreodus †Tinerhodon

†Hyaenodonta

†Hyaenodontoidea

†Hyaenodontidae	†Alienetherium †Boritia †Cartierodon †Consobrinus †Cynohyaenodon †Eurotherium †Hyaenodon †Leonhardtina †Matthodon †Neosinopa †Oxyaenoides †Paenoxyaenoides †Paracynohyaenodon †Praecodens †Preregidens †Prodissopsalis †Propterodon †Protoproviverra †Quercytherium

†Proviverridae

†Allopterodon
†Lesmesodon
†Minimovellentodon
†Morlodon
†Parvagula
†Proviverra

†Afro‑Arabian
clade

†Parvavorodon
†Tritemnodon
†Koholia

†Indohyaenodontidae

†Glibzegdouia
†Indohyaenodon
†Yarshea

†Hyainailouroidea

†Hyainailouridae

†Maocyon/Orienspterodon clade

†Maocyon
†Orienspterodon

†Apterodontinae

†Apterodon
†Quasiapterodon

†Hyainailourinae

†Leakitherium †Megistotherium †Mlanyama †Metapterodon †Pakakali †Paroxyaena †Simbakubwa
†Akhnatenavus clade	†Akhnatenavus †Hemipsalodon †Ischnognathus
†Hyainailourini	†Exiguodon †Falcatodon †Hyainailouros †Parapterodon †Sectisodon †Sivapterodon †Isohyaenodon †Kerberos †Pterodon

†Prionogalidae

†Namasector
†Prionogale
†Thereutherium

†Teratodontinae

†Anasinopa
†Brychotherium
†Buhakia
†Dissopsalis
†Ekweeconfractus
†Furodon
†Kyawdawia
†Masrasector
†Metasinopa
†Paratritemnodon
†Teratodon

other representatives

†Eoproviverra †Gazinocyon †Pyrocyon
†Arfia clade	†Arfia
†Galecyon clade	†Galecyon
†Lahimia clade	†Boualitomus †Lahimia
†Limnocyonidae	†Iridodon †Limnocyon †Oxyaenodon †Prolaena †Prolimnocyon †Thinocyon
†Sinopidae	†Acarictis †Prototomus †Sinopa

ichnotaxa
of Hyaenodonta

†Creodontipus
†Dischidodacylus
†Sarcotherichnus
†Zanclonychopus
†Hyaenodontipus
†Quiritipes
†Sarjeantipes

†Oxyaenodonta

†Oxyaenidae

†Machaeroidinae	†Apataelurus †Diegoaelurus †Isphanatherium †Machaeroides
†Oxyaeninae	†Argillotherium †Dipsalidictis †Malfelis †Oxyaena †Patriofelis †Protopsalis †Sarkastodon
†Palaeonictinae	†Ambloctonus †Dipsalodon †Palaeonictis
†Tytthaeninae	†Tytthaena

Carnivoramorpha

Carnivoraformes
(Clade "A")

Clade "B"

†Messelogale †Miocyon †Simamphicyon †Uintacyon †Xinyuictis †Zodiocyon
†Quercygalidae	†Quercygale
†Gracilocyon/Oodectes clade	†Eogale †Gracilocyon †Oodectes †Paramiacis †Paroodectes

Clade "C"

Clade "D"

†Ceruttia
†Harpalodon
†Lycarion
†Neovulpavus
†Procynodictis
†Prodaphaenus
†Tapocyon
†Walshius

Carnivora
(Clade "E")

Caniformia	(See Caniformia)
Feliformia	(See Feliformia)

other representatives

†Africtis
†Dawsonicyon
†Miacis

ichnotaxa of
Carnivoraformes

†Falcatipes

†Viverravoidea

†Viverravidae

†Orientictis †Pappictidops †Preonictis †Variviverra
†Didymictinae	†Bryanictis †Didymictis †Intyrictis †Pristinictis †Protictis †Raphictis
†Ictidopappinae	†Ictidopappus
†Viverravinae	†Simpsonictis †Viverravus †Viverriscus