†Mionictis letifer Cook and Macdonald 1962 (otter)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Full reference: H. J. Cook and J. R. Macdonald. 1962. New Carnivora from the Miocene and Pliocene of Western Nebraska. Journal of Paleontology 36(3):560-567
Belongs to Mionictis according to G. F. Willemsen 1992
See also Cook and Macdonald 1962
Sister taxa: Mionictis angustidens, Mionictis artenensis, Mionictis dubia, Mionictis elegans, Mionictis incertus, Mionictis pristinus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Pliohippus Draw (Lower), which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Sheep Creek Formation of Nebraska
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Pliohippus Draw (Lower)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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