Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Synonym: Aelurocyon Peterson 1907
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1907. A Lower Miocene fauna from South Dakota. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23(9):169-219
Parent taxon: Oligobuninae according to A. Valenciano et al. 2016
See also Baskin 1998, Carroll 1988, Hunt and Skolnick 1990, Hunt and Skolnick 1996, Matthew 1907, Peterson 1907 and Sato et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Brachypsalis, Floridictis, Oligobunis, Parabrachypsalis, Paroligobunis, Promartes, Zodiolestes
Subtaxa: Megalictis ferox Megalictis frazieri Megalictis simplicidens
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (13: Colorado, Florida, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming collections)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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