Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Full reference: G. S. Bever and R. J. Zakrzewski. 2009. A New Species of the Miocene Leptarctine Leptarctus (Carnivora: Mustelidae) From the Early Hemphillian of Kansas. Papers on Geology, Vertebrate Paleontology, and Biostratigraphy in Honor of Michael O. Woodburne (Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 65) 465--481
Belongs to Leptarctus according to G. S. Bever and R. J. Zakrzewski 2009
Sister taxa: Leptarctus (Pseudoleptarctus), Leptarctus ancipidens, Leptarctus martini, Leptarctus mummorum, Leptarctus neimenguensis, Leptarctus oregonensis, Leptarctus primus, Leptarctus progressus, Leptarctus supremus, Leptarctus webbi, Leptarctus wortmani
Type specimen: FHSM VP-5481, a mandible (right dentary with m1). Its type locality is Bemis Quarry, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Kansas.
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (2: Kansas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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