Plionictis ogygia Matthew 1901 (mustelid carnivore)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Alternative combination: Martes ogygia

Synonyms: Martes glareae Sinclair 1915, Plionictis glareae Sinclair 1915

Belongs to Plionictis according to Sutton 1977

See also Cook and Macdonald 1962, Galbreath 1953, Matthew 1924, Shotwell 1970, Sinclair 1915, Skinner et al. 1977 and Webb 1969

Sister taxa: Plionictis buwaldi, Plionictis gazini, Plionictis kinseyi, Plionictis oaxacaensis, Plionictis oregonensis

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (11: California, Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.