Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Alternative combinations: Lutreola macrodon, Mustela macrodon
Synonym: Lutreola vison antiquus Loomis 1911
Full reference: D. W. Prentiss. 1903. Prentiss, Daniel Webster. "Description of an extinct mink from the shell-heaps of the Maine coast. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 26:887-888
Belongs to Neovison according to R. A. Sealfon 2007
See also Hall 1936, Hall 1981, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Loomis 1911, Mead et al. 2000, Prentiss 1903 and Waters and Ray 1961
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Neovison macrodon: USNM 116178, a partial skull
- Lutreola vison antiquus: Amherst Museum M 1401, a partial skull.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (5: Maine, Massachusetts collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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