Watay tabutsigwii McLaughlin et al. 2016 (weasel)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Full reference: W. N. F. McLaughlin, S. S. B. Hopkins, and M. D. Schmitz. 2016. A new late Hemingfordian vertebrate fauna from Hawk Rim, Oregon, with implications for biostratigraphy and geochronology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1201095 :1-21

Belongs to Watay according to W. N. F. McLaughlin et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: JODA 15060, a mandible. Its type locality is JDNM 267 Hawk Rim Main locality, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial sandstone in the Mascall Formation of Oregon.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at JDNM 267 Hawk Rim Main locality

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