†Arctomeles Stach 1951 (badger)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Parent taxon: Melinae according to S. C. Wallace and X. Wang 2004
See also Carroll 1988
Sister taxa: Arctonyx, Meles, Melodon, Pelycictis, Promeles, Taxodon
Subtaxa: Arctomeles dimolodontus Arctomeles ferus Arctomeles pliocaenicus Arctomeles sotnikovae
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Canada (1: Northwest Territories collection), Poland (1), Ukraine (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Tennessee)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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