Africtis Explained

Africtis is an extinct genus of carnivoramorph that inhabited Libya during the Rupelian. It is a monotypic genus that contains a single species, Africtis sirtensis.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Mattingly . Spencer G. . Beard . K. Christopher . Coster . Pauline M.C. . Salem . Mustafa J. . Chaimanee . Yaowalak . Jaeger . Jean-Jacques . December 2020 . A new carnivoraform from the early Oligocene of Libya: Oldest known record of Carnivoramorpha in Africa . . en . 172 . 103994 . 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2020.103994 . 7 November 2024 . Elsevier Science Direct.