†Buisnictis breviramus Hibbard 1941 (skunk)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae

Alternative combination: Brachyprotoma breviramus

Synonym: Buisnictis meadensis Hibbard 1950

Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1941. New Mammals from the Rexroad Fauna, Upper Pliocene of Kansas. American Midland Naturalist 26(2):337-368

Belongs to Buisnictis according to J. A. Baskin 1998

See also Hibbard 1941, Hibbard 1950, Hibbard 1954 and Kurten and Anderson 1980

Sister taxa: Buisnictis burrowsi, Buisnictis metabatos, Buisnictis schoffi

Type specimens:

  • Buisnictis breviramus: Its type locality is Rexroad KU Locality 3, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas
  • Buisnictis meadensis:

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Blancan of United States (7: Idaho, Kansas, Texas, Washington collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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