Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Full reference: E. R. Hall. 1935. A New Mustelid Genus from the Pliocene of California. 16(2):137-138
Parent taxon: Ictonychinae according to Q. Jiangzuo et al. 2019
See also Alroy 2002, Baskin 1998, Baskin 2011 and Carroll 1988
Sister taxa: Brevimalictis, Eirictis, Enhydrictis, Galictis, Ictonyx, Lutravus, Lyncodon, Martellictis, Negodiaetictis, Pannonictis, Poecilictis, Poecilogale, Sminthosinis, Stipanicicia, Trigonictis, Trochictis, Vormela
Subtaxa: Cernictis baskini Cernictis hesperus Cernictis lufengensis Cernictis repenningi
Type: Cernictis hesperus
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Turolian of China (2 collections)
• Hemphillian of United States (2: Arizona, California)
• Baodean of China (1)
• Miocene of China (4)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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