Amphictis milloquensis is an extinct carnivoran described by Helbing in 1928 and counted among the nine species of the genus Amphictis named by 2017. The Paleobiology Database records it from the locality of La Milloque in Aquitaine, France, in rocks of the Late Oligocene. In 2025 Morales and colleagues placed it with Amphictis ambigua in a new genus, Bonisictis, from the Late Oligocene of Western Europe, which they considered closely related to Amphictis within the family Amphictidae, a family of basal musteloids that they treated as separate from the red panda family Ailuridae.
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Source Amphictis (Wikipedia)
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Source Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Amphictis milloquensisOccurrence record, countryQuote, Occurrence record, country
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1. Wikipedia: Ailuridae
WikipediaLead, earliest known member AmphictisQuote, Lead, earliest known member Amphictis
The earliest known member, Amphictis, was likely an unspecialised carnivore, based on its dentition.
2. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Amphictis milloquensis
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, extant status
"is_extant": "extinct"
Taxon record, extinction as conservation status
"is_extant": "extinct"
Ecospace record, environment
"taxon_environment": "terrestrial"
View the Source Amphictis (Wikipedia)
In Group: Mustelids, Procyonids And Other Carnivorans, Lead, classification as a musteloid
Amphictis is an extinct genus of early musteloid which lived from the Late Oligocene to the Middle Miocene
Child Taxon Of: Ailuridae, Lead, ailurid placement
Though often regarded as an ailurid (part of the red panda family)
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