Gulo primigenius Roth and Wagner 1854 (wolverine)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Full reference: J. Roth and A. Wagner. 1854. Die fossilen Knochenüberreste von Pikermi in Griechenland. Abhandlungen der mathematisch−physikalischen Classeder Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 7:371-464

Belongs to Gulo according to J. Roth and A. Wagner 1854

Sister taxa: Gulo diaphorus, Gulo gulo, Gulo sudorus

Type specimen: BSPM-PIK-AS II.53, a mandible (right mandibular ramus with c–m1). Its type locality is Pikermi (old collection), which is in a Miocene fluvial horizon in Greece.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Pikermi (old collection)

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