Pliogale Hall 1930 (skunk)

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

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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

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