Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Synonym: Mustela gazini Hibbard 1958
Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1950. Mammals of the Rexroad Formation from Fox Canyon, Kansas. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 8(6):113-192
Belongs to Mustela according to B. Kurten and E. Anderson 1980
See also Bjork 1970, Hibbard 1950 and Hibbard 1958
Sister taxa: Mustela (Lutreola), Mustela (Putorius), Mustela aistoodonnivalis, Mustela altaica, Mustela erminea, Mustela eversmanni, Mustela furo, Mustela haidarum, Mustela itatsi, Mustela jacksoni, Mustela kathiah, Mustela lutreola, Mustela meltoni, Mustela nigripes, Mustela nivalis, Mustela nudipes, Mustela ogygia, Mustela pachygnatha, Mustela palaeattica, Mustela palermina, Mustela praenivalis, Mustela putorius, Mustela richardsonii, Mustela sibirica, Mustela spelaea, Mustela strigidorsa
Type specimens:
- Mustela rexroadensis: Its type locality is Fox Canyon, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas
- Mustela gazini: U.S. National Museum No. 21824, a mandible (part of a left lower jaw). Its type locality is Hagerman (USGS 20765), which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in Idaho.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (9: Idaho, Kansas, Texas, Washington collections)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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