†Sthenictis bellus Matthew 1932 (mustelid carnivore)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1932. New fossil mammals from the Snake Creek Quarries. American Museum Novitates 540:1-8
Belongs to Sthenictis according to W. D. Matthew 1932
Sister taxa: Sthenictis campestris, Sthenictis dolichops, Sthenictis junturensis, Sthenictis lacota, Sthenictis robustus
Type specimen: AMNH 20501, a mandible (a right ramus of the lower jaw, with p2 - m1 preserved). Its type locality is Thomson Quarry, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Sheep Creek Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Thomson Quarry
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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