Chamitataxus avitus Owen 2006 (badger)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Full reference: P. R. Owen. 2006. Description of a new late Miocene American badger (Taxidiinae) utilizing high-resolution X-ray computed tomography. Palaeontology 49(5):999-1011

Belongs to Chamitataxus according to P. R. Owen 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: F:AM 27458, a skull (almost complete skull with left and right I1-M1). Its type locality is Osbornoceros Quarry, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Chamita Formation of New Mexico.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Osbornoceros Quarry

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