Promartes darbyi Thorpe 1921 (mustelid carnivore)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Alternative combination: Oligobunis darbyi

Full reference: M. R. Thorpe. 1921. Two new fossil Carnivora. American Journal of Science 1(6):477-483

Belongs to Promartes according to M. O. Woodburne et al. 1974

See also Thorpe 1921

Sister taxa: Promartes fossor, Promartes gemmarosae, Promartes lepidus, Promartes olcotti, Promartes vantasselensis

Type specimen: YPM 10272, a skull. Its type locality is Monroe Creek (Type), which is in a Monroecreekian terrestrial horizon in the Monroe Creek Formation of Nebraska.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Monroe Creek (Type)

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