Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1950. Mammals of the Rexroad Formation from Fox Canyon, Kansas. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 8(6):113-192
Parent taxon: Mephitidae according to X. Wang and O. Carranza-Castaneda 2008
See also Baskin 1998, Bjork 1970, Carroll 1988, Hibbard 1950, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Wang et al. 2014 and Wang et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Brachyprotoma, Conepatus, Martinogale, Mephitinae, Mephitis, Miomephitis, Mydaus, Osmotherium, Palaeomephitis, Promephitis, Spilogale
Subtaxa: Buisnictis breviramus Buisnictis burrowsi Buisnictis metabatos Buisnictis schoffi
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of Mexico (1 collection), United States (12: Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, Washington)
• Hemphillian of United States (3: Nebraska, Oklahoma)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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