Mammalia - Carnivora - Palaeogalidae
Full reference: J. R. Macdonald. 1963. The Miocene faunas from the Wounded Knee area of western South Dakota. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 125(3):139-238
Belongs to Palaeogale according to M. Morlo 1996
See also Macdonald 1963
Sister taxa: Palaeogale evanoffi, Palaeogale felina, Palaeogale hyaenoides, Palaeogale minuta, Palaeogale praehyaenoides, Palaeogale sanguinarius, Palaeogale sectoria, Bunaelurus lagophagus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sharps (SDSM V-5357), which is in a Geringian terrestrial horizon in the Sharps Formation of South Dakota
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Arikareean of United States (2: Nebraska, Oregon collections)
• Oligocene of United States (6: Nebraska, South Dakota)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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