†Pliogale Hall 1930 (skunk)
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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: Mephitini according to J. A. Baskin 1998
See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988 and Wang et al. 2005
Sister taxon: Brachyopsigale
Subtaxa: Pliogale furlongi Pliogale manka
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (3: Arizona, Nebraska, Nevada collections)
• Miocene of United States (3: Nebraska)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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