†Buisnictis breviramus Hibbard 1941
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Alternative combination: Brachyprotoma breviramus
Synonym: Buisnictis meadensis Hibbard 1950
Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1941. New Mammals from the Rexroad Fauna, Upper Pliocene of Kansas. American Midland Naturalist 26(2):337-368
Belongs to Buisnictis according to J. A. Baskin 1998
See also Hibbard 1941, Hibbard 1950, Hibbard 1954 and Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: Buisnictis burrowsi, Buisnictis metabatos, Buisnictis schoffi
Type specimens:
- Buisnictis breviramus: Its type locality is Rexroad KU Locality 3, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas
- Buisnictis meadensis:
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (7: Idaho, Kansas, Texas, Washington collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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