Martinogale faulli Wang et al. 2005 (skunk)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae

Full reference: X. Wang, D. P. Whistler, and G. T. Takeuchi. 2005. A New Basal Skunk Martinogale (Carnivora, Mephitinae) From Late Miocene Dove Spring Formation, California, and Origin of New World Mephitines. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(4):936-949

Belongs to Martinogale according to X. Wang et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Martinogale alveodens, Martinogale chisoensis, Martinogale nambiana

Type specimen: LACM 56230, a skull. Its type locality is Powerline Road Tom Quarry, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial mudstone in the Dove Spring Formation of California.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Powerline Road Tom Quarry

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