Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Alternative combination: Brachypsalis marshalli
Full reference: H. T. Martin. 1928. Two new carnivores from the Pliocene of Kansas. Journal of Mammalogy 9(3):233-236
Belongs to Plesiogulo according to R. L. Wilson 1968
See also Bennett 1979, Harrison 1981, Harrison 1983, Hibbard 1934 and Martin 1928
Sister taxa: Plesiogulo crassa, Plesiogulo lindsayi, Plesiogulo monspessulanus, Plesiogulo praecocidens
Type specimen: Univ. Kansas Mus. Vert. Paleon. No. 3464, a partial skull (right mandibular ramus, coronoid process, right and left auditory bullae with root of squamosal bones and glenoid fossae, and left exoccipital condyle). Its type locality is Edson, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Kansas.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (9: Arizona, California, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas)
Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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