Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Full reference: I. Ferrusquia-Villafranca. 1990. Biostratigraphy of the Mexican Continental Miocene: Part I, Introduction and the Northwestern and Central Faunas. Part II, The Southeastern (Oaxacan) Faunas. Part III, The Southeasternmost (Chiapasan) Fauna and Concluding Remarks On the Discussed Vertebrate Record. Paleontologia Mexicana 56:1-149
Belongs to Plionictis according to I. Ferrusquia-Villafranca 1990
Sister taxa: Plionictis buwaldi, Plionictis gazini, Plionictis kinseyi, Plionictis ogygia, Plionictis oregonensis
Type specimen: IGM 3977, a mandible (associated right and left mandibular rami bearing Rln, C, Pn, and Mn; LP3, and Mn; plus these isolated teeth: LC; Rand LC, RP2, RP3, Rand Lp4 and 1IM1).
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at El Camarón (Miocene of Mexico)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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