Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Full reference: W. J. Sinclair. 1915. Additions to the Fauna of the Lower Pliocene Snake Creek Beds (Results of the Princeton University 1914 Expedition to Nebraska). Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 54(217):73-95
Belongs to Brachypsalis according to J. A. Baskin 1998
See also Sinclair 1915, Skinner et al. 1977 and Webb 1969
Sister taxa: Brachypsalis hyaenoides, Brachypsalis matutinus, Brachypsalis modicus, Brachypsalis pachycephalus
Type specimen: PU 12070, a mandible (left ramus of the lower jaw with p--my and alveoli of the canine and first premolar). Its type locality is Princeton Loc. 1000C, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Olcott Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: California, Nebraska collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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