Sonitictis Explained

Sonitictis is an extinct genus of mustelid carnivoran mammal that lived in what would become Inner Mongolia during the Middle Miocene Epoch, between 15 and 11 million years ago. The genus Sonitictis contains a single known species, S. moralesi.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Wang . Xiaoming . Tseng . Z. Jack . Jiangzuo . Qigao . Wang . Shiqi . Wang . Hongjiang . 3 August 2022 . Sonitictis moralesi, gen. et sp. nov, a new hypercarnivorous and durophagous mustelid from middle Miocene Tunggur Formation, Inner Mongolia, China and its functional morphology . . en . 34 . 8 . 1361–1372 . 10.1080/08912963.2021.2004594 . 0891-2963 . 8 November 2024 . Taylor and Francis Online.