†tribe Eomellivorini Valenciano and Govender 2020 (ratel)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Full reference: A. Valenciano and R. Govender. 2020. New Fossils of Mellivora Benfieldi (Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae) from Langebaanweg, ‘E’ Quarry (South Africa, Early Pliocene): Re-Evaluation of the African Neogene Mellivorines. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 40(4)

Parent taxon: Mellivorinae according to A. Valenciano and R. Govender 2020

Sister taxa: Hoplictis, Mellivorini

Subtaxa: Ekorus Eomellivora Moralesictis

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Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of United States (2: Texas collections)

• Miocene of China (2), Germany (1), Greece (1), India (1), Kenya (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (2), United States (1: California)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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