Zodiolestes freundi Labs Hochstein 2007 (mustelid carnivore)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Full reference: J. Labs Hochstein. 2007. A new species of Zodiolestes (Mammalia, Mustelidae) from the early Miocene of Florida. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(2):532-534

Belongs to Zodiolestes according to J. Labs Hochstein 2007

Sister taxon: Zodiolestes daimonelixensis

Type specimen: UF 206245, a skull (crushed skull with right P3-M1 and left P4-M1). Its type locality is Thomas Farm, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Alachua Formation of Florida.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Thomas Farm

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