Palaeogale dorothiae Macdonald 1963 (carnivoran)

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

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