Variviverra vegetatus Tong and Wang 2006 (placental)

Mammalia - Ferae - Viverravidae

Full reference: Y. Tong and J. Wang. 2006. Fossil Mammals from the Early Eocene Wutu Formation of Shandong Province. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series C 192(28):1-195

Belongs to Variviverra according to Y. Tong and J. Wang 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V10724, a partial skull. Its type locality is Changle Coal Mine, which is in an Eocene terrestrial coal in the Wutu Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Changle Coal Mine

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