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
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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