Osmotherium spelaeum Cope 1896 (skunk)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae

Synonyms: Brachyprotoma fossidens Cope 1896, Brachyprotoma leptops Cope 1899, Mephitis fodiens Hall 1936, Mephitis fossidens Cope 1896, Mephitis leptops Cope 1899, Mephitis orthostichus Cope 1896, Pelycictis lobulatus Cope 1896

Belongs to Osmotherium according to Cope 1896

See also Hall 1936, Hay 1902 and Kurten and Anderson 1980

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Port Kennedy Cave (Quaternary of Pennsylvania)

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