Cernictis repenningi Baskin 2011 (mustelid carnivore)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Full reference: J. A. Baskin. 2011. A new species of Cernictis (Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae) from the Late Miocene Bidahochi Formation of Arizona, USA. Palaeontologia Electronica 14(3):1-7

Belongs to Cernictis according to J. A. Baskin 2011

Sister taxon: Cernictis hesperus

Type specimen: UALP 8079, a mandible (left mandibular fragment with p2-m1, alveolus for the m2). Its type locality is White Cone, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Bidahochi Formation of Arizona.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at White Cone

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