Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Alternative combinations: Brachypsalis pristinus, Lutra pristina
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and J. W. Gidley. 1904. New or little known mammals from the Miocene of South Dakota : American Museum expedition of 1903. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 20(22):241-268
Belongs to Mionictis according to J. A. Baskin 1998
See also Green 1956, Henshaw 1942, Matthew 1924, Matthew and Gidley 1904, Skinner et al. 1977 and Webb 1969
Sister taxa: Mionictis angustidens, Mionictis artenensis, Mionictis dubia, Mionictis elegans, Mionictis incertus, Mionictis letifer
Type specimen: AMNH 10811, a mandible
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (4: Nebraska, South Dakota collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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