Semigenetta Explained

Semigenetta is an extinct genus of viverrid. It lived in Europe, China, and Thailand in the Miocene,[1] and was very similar to the extant genus Genetta, but lacked a molar that Genetta still possesses.[2]

Palaeoecology

At the Late Miocene site of Hammerschmiede, S. sansaniensis competed with "Martes" sansaniensis and with Alopecocyon goeriachensis and was the most hypercarnivorous out of the three.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fossilworks: Semigenetta.
  2. Web site: Carnivores from the Middle Miocene deposits of Grund (Lower Austria) . Nagel, Doris.
  3. Kargopoulos . Nikolaos . Valenciano . Alberto . Abella . Juan . Morlo . Michael . Konidaris . George E. . Kampouridis . Panagiotis . Lechner . Thomas . Böhme . Madelaine . 14 July 2024 . The carnivoran guilds from the Late Miocene hominid locality of Hammerschmiede (Bavaria, Germany) . . en . 10.1016/j.geobios.2024.02.003 . 6 November 2024 . Elsevier Science Direct. free .

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