Zodiolestes Riggs 1942 (mustelid carnivore)

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, Labs Hochstein 2007 and Riggs 1942

Sister taxa: Brachypsalis, Floridictis, Megalictis, Oligobunis, Parabrachypsalis, Paroligobunis, Promartes

Subtaxa: Zodiolestes daimonelixensis Zodiolestes freundi

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Type: Zodiolestes daimonelixensis

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (1: Florida collection)

• Harrisonian of United States (4: Nebraska, Wyoming)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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