Paramiacis
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Paramiacis is an extinct genus of Miacidae. Christian Mathis
has defined to make a difference between the miacidae from Europe and the American genus Miacis
. There are two species of it, P. exilis (Henri Filhol
, 1876) and P. teilhardi (Mathis
, 1987) - which were long believed to be only sexual dimorphism
.
Christian Mathis
Christian Mathis is a French paleontologist. He mainly worked on the Lagerstätte of Robiac and Quercy in the South of France.Mathis described the following genus and species*Bouffinomus *Leptictidium ginsburgi*Leptictidium sigei...
has defined to make a difference between the miacidae from Europe and the American genus Miacis
Miacis
The 'genus' Miacis contains extinct species of carnivorous mammals that appeared in the late Paleocene and continued through the Eocene. The genus Miacis is not monophyletic but a diverse collection of species that belong to the stemgroup within the Carnivoramorpha...
. There are two species of it, P. exilis (Henri Filhol
Henri Filhol
Henri Filhol was a French medical doctor, malacologist and naturalist. He served as the expedition doctor and naturalist on the French 1874 Transit of Venus expedition to Campbell Island, New Zealand, with a peak on the island, Filhol Peak, being named after him...
, 1876) and P. teilhardi (Mathis
Christian Mathis
Christian Mathis is a French paleontologist. He mainly worked on the Lagerstätte of Robiac and Quercy in the South of France.Mathis described the following genus and species*Bouffinomus *Leptictidium ginsburgi*Leptictidium sigei...
, 1987) - which were long believed to be only sexual dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism is a phenotypic difference between males and females of the same species. Examples of such differences include differences in morphology, ornamentation, and behavior.-Examples:-Ornamentation / coloration:...
.
Sources
- The Rise of Placental Mammals: Origins and Relationships of the Major Extant Clades edited by Kenneth David Rose and J. David Archibald ISBN 080188022X
- Bibliography and Index of Geology by American Geological Institute, Geological Society of America
- Flynn, J.J., 1998. Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea"). pp.110-123 in C.M. Janis, K.M. Scott, and L.L. Jacobs (eds.) Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 0-521-35519-2
- Christian Mathis, "Contribution à la connaissance des Mammifères de Robiac (Éocène supérieur): Creodonta et Carnivora" in Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (Paris), 1985
- Christian Mathis, "Précisions sur le genre Paramiacis Mathis (Carnivora, Miacidae)" in Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (Paris), 1987