Ravenictis
Sign in to saveRavenictis is an extinct monotypic genus of mammal that lived in the early Puercan, during the Danian stage of the Palaeocene epoch.
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Ravenictis is an extinct monotypic genus of mammal that lived in the early Puercan, during the Danian stage of the Palaeocene epoch.
==Etymology== The generic name Ravenictis derives from Ravenscrag, Saskatchewan, which is located close to where the holotype was found, and the Greek word iktis, meaning marten or weasel. The specific epithet of the type species, Ravenictis krausei, honours the palaeontologist David W. Krause.
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