†Pekania occulta Samuels and Cavin 2013 (mustelid carnivore)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Full reference: J. X. Samuels and J. Cavin. 2013. The Earliest Known Fisher (Mustelidae), a New Species From the Rattlesnake Formation of Oregon. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(2):448-454
Belongs to Pekania according to J. X. Samuels and J. Cavin 2013
Sister taxa: Pekania diluviana, Pekania palaeosinensis, Pekania pennanti
Type specimen: JODA 15214, a maxilla. Its type locality is Pekania occulta type locality, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial siltstone in the Rattlesnake Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Pekania occulta type locality
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