Megalictis Matthew 1907 (mustelid carnivore)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Synonym: Aelurocyon Peterson 1907

Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1907. A Lower Miocene fauna from South Dakota. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23(9):169-219

Parent taxon: Oligobuninae according to A. Valenciano et al. 2016

See also Baskin 1998, Carroll 1988, Hunt and Skolnick 1990, Hunt and Skolnick 1996, Matthew 1907, Peterson 1907 and Sato et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Brachypsalis, Floridictis, Oligobunis, Parabrachypsalis, Paroligobunis, Promartes, Zodiolestes

Subtaxa: Megalictis ferox Megalictis frazieri Megalictis simplicidens

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Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Harrisonian of United States (13: Colorado, Florida, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming collections)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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