Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Full reference: X. Wang and O. Carranza-Castaneda. 2008. Earliest hog-nosed skunk, Conepatus (Mephitidae, Carnivora), from the early Pliocene of Guanajuato, Mexico and origin of South American skunks. Zoological Journal Of The Linnean Society 154(2):396-407
Belongs to Conepatus according to X. Wang and O. Carranza-Castaneda 2008
Sister taxa: Conepatus altiramus, Conepatus chinga, Conepatus cordubensis, Conepatus humboldtii, Conepatus leuconotus, Conepatus mercedensis, Conepatus primaevus, Conepatus robustus, Conepatus semistriatus, Conepatus suffocans, Conepatus talarae
Type specimen: IGM 7800, a skull. Its type locality is Coecillos, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Mexico.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of Mexico (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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