Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Full reference: E. S. Riggs. 1942. Preliminary description of two Lower Miocene carnivores. Geological Series, Field Museum of Natural History 8(10):59-62
Parent taxon: Oligobuninae according to J. A. Baskin 1998
See also Carroll 1988, Riggs 1942, Sato et al. 2009 and Wang et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Brachypsalis, Floridictis, Megalictis, Oligobunis, Parabrachypsalis, Paroligobunis, Zodiolestes
Subtaxa: Promartes darbyi Promartes fossor Promartes gemmarosae Promartes lepidus Promartes olcotti Promartes vantasselensis
Type: Promartes olcotti
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: New Mexico, South Dakota collections)
• Harrisonian of United States (10: Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Arikareean of United States (4: California, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Oligocene of United States (2: Nebraska, South Dakota)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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