Lutravus dianensis Jiangzuo et al. 2024 (mustelid carnivore)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Full reference: Q. Jiangzuo, X. Wang, C. J. Law, D. Su, Y. Jia, S. Li, J. Fu, Z. Kuang, J. Cao, B. Zou, S. Hou, S. Wang, T. Deng and X. Ji. 2024. Presence of Cernictis and Lutravus (Ictonychinae, Mustelidae, Carnivora) in eastern Asia and the dispersal of Ictonychinae during the Late Miocene. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 22(1):2348032

Belongs to Lutravus according to Q. Jiangzuo et al. 2024

Sister taxon: Lutravus halli

Type specimen: IVPP V27033, a partial skull (partial cranium, partial mandible). Its type locality is Sinoadapis shihuibaensis - type locality, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in China.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Sinoadapis shihuibaensis - type locality

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