Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Alternative combination: Oligobunis lepidus
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1907. A Lower Miocene fauna from South Dakota. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23(9):169-219
Belongs to Promartes according to M. O. Woodburne et al. 1974
See also Macdonald 1963, Macdonald 1970, Matthew 1907, Riggs 1942 and Riggs 1945
Sister taxa: Promartes darbyi, Promartes fossor, Promartes gemmarosae, Promartes olcotti, Promartes vantasselensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is AMNH Rosebud 5, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Rosebud Formation of South Dakota
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: New Mexico, South Dakota collections)
• Harrisonian of United States (6: Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota)
• Arikareean of United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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