Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Full reference: S. Peigne, L. de Bonis, A. Likius, H. Taisso MacKaye, P. Vignaud and M. Brunet. 2008. Late Miocene Carnivora from Chad: Lutrinae (Mustelidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152:793-846
Belongs to Sivaonyx according to S. Peigne et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Sivaonyx africanus, Sivaonyx bathygnathus, Sivaonyx ekecaman, Sivaonyx gandakasensis, Sivaonyx hendeyi, Sivaonyx hessicus, Sivaonyx kamuhangirei, Sivaonyx lehmani, Sivaonyx senutae, Sivaonyx soriae
Type specimen: TM 171-01-033, a partial skeleton (partial skeleton of one individual including: fragment of left edentulous hemimandible, fragment of right hemimandible with distal root of p3, p4 (broken) and d). Its type locality is Toros-Menalla (TM 171), which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Chad.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Chad (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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