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Vampyrictis is a fossil genus of barbourofelid containing a single species Vampyrictis vipera. It was described based on fragmentary jaw material from the Miocene-aged Beglia Formation in Tunisia.[1][2]
| Vampyrictis Temporal range: Miocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | †Barbourofelidae |
| Genus: | †Vampyrictis Kurtén, 1978 |
| Type species | |
| †Vampyrictis vipera Kurtén, 1978 | |
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