Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Parent taxon: Mustelidae according to J. A. Baskin 1998
See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988 and Wang et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Acheronictis, Ailurictis, Anatolictis, Arikarictis, Bathygale, Circamustela, Corumictis, Djourabus, Erokomellivora, Franconictis, Galictinae, Guloninae, Hadrictis, Helictidinae, Ictonychinae, Ictonychini, Kenyalutra, Leptarctinae, Luogale, Lutrina, Lutrinae, Marcetia, Martinae, Matanomictis, Melidellavus, Melinae, Mellalictis, Mellivorinae, Mephitina, Mesomephitis, Miomustela, Mustelavinae, Mustelina, Mustelinae, Mustellinae, Namibictis, Oaxacagale, Oligobuninae, Palaeomeles, Paragale, Parataxidea, Plesiogale, Plesiomeles, Potamotheriinae, Prepoecilogale, Presictis, Promellivora, Pyctis, Sabadellictis, Sinictis, Sivalictis, Skopelogale, Taxidiinae, Torolutra, Trochotherium, Viverrina, Watay, Xenictis
Subtaxa: Plesictis genettoides Plesictis palmidens Plesictis palustris Plesictis plesictis Plesictis robustus
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), France (1), Georgia (1), Germany (1), Switzerland (1)
Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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