Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Alternative combination: Buisnictis chisoensis
Full reference: M. S. Stevens and J. B. Stevens. 2003. Carnivora (Mammalia, Felidae, Canidae, Mustelidae) from the earliest Hemphillian Screw Bean Local Fauna, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 279:177-211
Belongs to Martinogale according to X. Wang et al. 2005
See also Stevens and Stevens 2003
Sister taxa: Martinogale alveodens, Martinogale faulli, Martinogale nambiana
Type specimen: Its type locality is Screw Bean, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial sandstone/conglomerate in the Banta Shut-In Formation of Texas
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Screw Bean
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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