Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Alternative combination: Mustela furlongi
Full reference: J. C. Merriam. 1911. Tertiary Mammal Beds Of Virgin Valley and Thousand Creek In Northwestern Nevada. Part II.-Vertebrate Faunas. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 6(11):199-304
Belongs to Pliogale according to J. A. Baskin 1998
See also Hall 1930 and Merriam 1911
Sister taxon: Pliogale manka
Type specimen: UCMP 12540, a mandible (a lower jaw with complete carnassial tooth). Its type locality is Thousand Creek Formation, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Thousand Creek Formation of Nevada.
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (3: Arizona, Nebraska, Nevada collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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