Semigenetta

Semigenetta; Temporal range: Langhian–Tortonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Viverridae
Subfamily:	Viverrinae
Genus:	†Semigenetta
Type species
	†Semigenetta repelini; Helbing, 1927
Species
	†S. cadeoti Roman and Viret 1934; †S. elegans Dehm, 1950; †S. grandis Crusafont & Golpe, 1981; †S. laugnacensis De Bonis, 1973; †S. ripolli Petter, 1976; †S. sansaniensis Lartet, 1851;

Semigenetta is an extinct genus of viverrid. It lived in Europe, China, and Thailand in the Miocene,^[1] and was very similar to the extant genus Genetta, but lacked a molar that Genetta still possesses.^[2]

Palaeoecology

At the Late Miocene site of Hammerschmiede, S. sansaniensis competed with "Martes" sansaniensis and with Alopecocyon goeriachensis and was the most hypercarnivorous out of the three.^[3]

^ "Fossilworks: Semigenetta".
^ Nagel, Doris. "Carnivores from the Middle Miocene deposits of Grund (Lower Austria)" (PDF).
^ Kargopoulos, Nikolaos; Valenciano, Alberto; Abella, Juan; Morlo, Michael; Konidaris, George E.; Kampouridis, Panagiotis; Lechner, Thomas; Böhme, Madelaine (14 July 2024). "The carnivoran guilds from the Late Miocene hominid locality of Hammerschmiede (Bavaria, Germany)". Geobios. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2024.02.003. Retrieved 6 November 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.

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