Mionictis elegans Matthew 1924 (otter)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1924. Third contribution to the Snake Creek Fauna. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 50:59-210

Belongs to Mionictis according to G. F. Willemsen 1992

See also Matthew 1924

Sister taxa: Mionictis angustidens, Mionictis artenensis, Mionictis dubia, Mionictis incertus, Mionictis letifer, Mionictis pristinus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Far Surface Quarry, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Olcott Formation of Nebraska

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Far Surface Quarry

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