†Cernictis hesperus Hall 1935 (mustelid carnivore)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Full reference: E. R. Hall. 1935. A New Mustelid Genus from the Pliocene of California. 16(2):137-138
Belongs to Cernictis according to J. A. Baskin 2011
See also Hall 1935
Sister taxon: Cernictis repenningi
Type specimen: UCMP 22968, a mandible (left mandible with p4-m1). Its type locality is UCMP 2572, Pinole Junction Site 1, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Pinole Tuff Formation of California.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at UCMP 2572, Pinole Junction Site 1
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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