†Osmotherium spelaeum Cope 1896 (skunk)
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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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