Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Synonym: Brachygale Peterson 1910
Full reference: O. A. Peterson. 1910. Description of new carnivores from the Miocene of western Nebraska. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 4(5):205-278
Parent taxon: Ischyrictini according to J. A. Baskin 1998
See also Carroll 1988, Peterson 1910, Shotwell and Russell 1963 and Voorhies 1990
Sister taxa: Canimartes, Dehmictis, Ferinestrix, Ischyrictis, Plionictis
Subtaxa: Sthenictis bellus Sthenictis campestris Sthenictis dolichops Sthenictis junturensis Sthenictis lacota Sthenictis robustus
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (3: Florida, Nebraska, Texas collections)
• Miocene of Canada (4: Saskatchewan), United States (13: California, Florida, Idaho, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
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