Tungurictis

In 1939 Colbert erected Tungurictis and named its type species T. spocki. The holotype (AMNH 26600), from the Tunggur Formation of Inner Mongolia in China, is a nearly complete skull. A paratype mandibular fragment containing premolars (AMNH 26610) was also used to describe this taxon. Colbert believed that Tunguricts belonged to the Viverridae, but it was referred to the Hyaenidae by Qiu et al. in 1988. In 1989 Hunt also argued that Tungurictis was a hyaenid. Tungurictis punica from the Beglia Formation of Bled Douarah, Tunisia, was described by Kurtén in 1976. This species was reassigned to Protictitherium by Werdelin and Solounias (1991) as P. punicum. T. peignei from the Suosuoquan Formation of the Junggar Basin in the Xinjiang Upper Autonomous Region, China, was named by Wang et al. in 2020. Material previously attributed to Protictitherium intermedium was used to describe this species. T. peignei was described as the smallest and most primitive Tungurictis. == References ==