Palaeogale sanguinarius Loomis 1932 (carnivoran)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Palaeogalidae

Alternative combination: Plionictis sanguinarius

Full reference: F. B. Loomis. 1932. The small carnivores of the Miocene. American Journal of Science 24(142):316-329

Belongs to Palaeogale according to J. A. Baskin 1998

See also Loomis 1932

Sister taxa: Palaeogale dorothiae, Palaeogale evanoffi, Palaeogale felina, Palaeogale hyaenoides, Palaeogale minuta, Palaeogale praehyaenoides, Palaeogale sectoria, Bunaelurus lagophagus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sixty Six Mountain (Upper), which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in the Harrison Formation of Wyoming

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Sixty Six Mountain (Upper)

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