Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Alternative combinations: Brachypsalis lacota, Paroligobunis lacota, Potamotherium lacota
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and J. W. Gidley. 1904. New or little known mammals from the Miocene of South Dakota : American Museum expedition of 1903. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 20(22):241-268
Belongs to Sthenictis according to J. A. Baskin 1998
See also Gregory and Downs 1951, Matthew and Gidley 1904, Peterson 1910 and Webb et al. 1981
Sister taxa: Sthenictis bellus, Sthenictis campestris, Sthenictis dolichops, Sthenictis junturensis, Sthenictis robustus
Type specimen: AMNH 10810, a mandible
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Love Bone Bed (Miocene of Florida)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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