Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Full reference: X. Wang, O. Carranza-Castaneda, and J. J. Aranda-Gomez. 2014. A transitional skunk, Buisnictis metabatos sp nov (Mephitidae, Carnivora), from Baja California Sur and the role of southern refugia in skunk evolution. Journal Of Systematic Palaeontology 12(3):291-302
Belongs to Buisnictis according to X. Wang et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Buisnictis breviramus, Buisnictis burrowsi, Buisnictis schoffi
Type specimen: CGJVP 2140, a partial skull (partial skull with left M1 (broken), right P4–M1, left horizontal ramal fragment with m1–m2 (broken) and right ramal fragment with p4–m2.). Its type locality is Miraflores, which is in a Blancan marginal marine horizon in Mexico.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Miraflores
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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