Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
Full reference: O. Fejfar, N. Schmidt-Kittler, and M. Zacharov. 1987. Lophocyon carpathicus n. gen. n. sp. aus dem Jungtertiaer der Ostslowakei und eine neue Unterfamilie der Schleichkatzen (Viverridae). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 199(1-3):1-22
Belongs to Lophocyon according to J. Morales et al. 2019
Sister taxon: Lophocyon paraskevaidisi
Type specimen: KB 1979-103, left hemi-mandible of a juvenile, a mandible. Its type locality is Magnesite Quarry Kosice Bankov Banisko, near Kosice, year 1979, which is in a Serravallian fissure fill sandstone in Slovakia.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Magnesite Quarry Kosice Bankov Banisko, near Kosice, year 1979
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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