Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Full reference: E. R. Hall. 1930. Three New Genera of Mustelidae from the Later Tertiary of North America. Journal of Mammalogy 11(1):146-155
Parent taxon: Mephitidae according to X. Wang and O. Carranza-Castaneda 2008
See also Baskin 1998, Carroll 1988, Hall 1930 and Wang et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Brachyprotoma, Buisnictis, Conepatus, Mephitinae, Mephitis, Miomephitis, Mydaus, Osmotherium, Palaeomephitis, Promephitis, Spilogale
Subtaxa: Martinogale alveodens Martinogale chisoensis Martinogale faulli Martinogale nambiana
Type: Martinogale alveodens
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (1: Nevada collection)
• Pliocene of United States (1: Idaho)
• Hemphillian of United States (6: California, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas)
• Miocene of United States (2: California)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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