Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae
Alternative combination: Eusmilus villebramarensis
Full reference: S. Peigné and M. Brunet. 2001. Une nouvelle espèce du genre Eusmilus (Carnivora: Nimravidae) de l'Oligocène (MP 22) d'Europe. Geobios 34(6):657-672
Belongs to Hoplophoneus according to P.Z. Barrett and S.S.B. Hopkins 2024
See also Peigné and Brunet 2001
Sister taxa: Hoplophoneus adelos, Hoplophoneus bidentatus, Hoplophoneus cerebralis, Hoplophoneus crassidens, Hoplophoneus dakotensis, Hoplophoneus occidentalis, Hoplophoneus oharrai, Hoplophoneus primaevus, Hoplophoneus sicarius, Hoplophoneus strigidens
Type specimen: FSP-VIL-26-1972, a maxilla. Its type locality is Villebramar, which is in a MP 22 terrestrial horizon in France.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (1 collection), Germany (2), Switzerland (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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