Brachypsalis matutinus Matthew 1924 (mustelid carnivore)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1924. Third contribution to the Snake Creek Fauna. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 50:59-210

Belongs to Brachypsalis according to W. D. Matthew 1924

Sister taxa: Brachypsalis hyaenoides, Brachypsalis modicus, Brachypsalis obliquidens, Brachypsalis pachycephalus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Thomson Quarry, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Sheep Creek Formation of Nebraska

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Thomson Quarry

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