Neovulpavus

Neovulpavus
Temporal range: Ypresian–Lutetian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Carnivoraformes
Genus: †Neovulpavus
Wortman, 1901
Type species
Neovulpavus washakius
Wortman, 1901
Other species

Neovulpavus mccarrolli Tomiya et al., 2021

Neovulpavus is an extinct genus of mammal belonging to the clade Ferae that lived in North America during the Ypresian and Lutetian stages of the Eocene epoch.

Description

Neovulpavus mccarrolli is distinguished from the type species, Neovulpavus washakius, in that the former has a slanting of the posteromedial edge of the trochlea of the humerus, a humeral lesser tuberosity lacking a distally extending ridge, and a lateral border of its astragalar trochlea that relative to its medial border is taller dorsoventrally. N. mccarrolli also lacks an anterior cingular cuspulid on its P3.

References

  1. ↑ "Neovulpavus". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  2. ↑ "Neovulpavus mccarrolli". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  3. ↑ "Neovulpavus washakius". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  4. ↑ Tomiya, Susumu; Zack, Shawn P.; Spaulding, Michelle; Flynn, John J. (1 August 2021). "Carnivorous mammals from the middle Eocene Washakie Formation, Wyoming, USA, and their diversity trajectory in a post-warming world". Journal of Paleontology. 95 (S82): 1–115. doi:10.1017/jpa.2020.74. hdl:2433/274918. ISSN 0022-3360. Retrieved 4 October 2026 – via GeoScienceWorld.