Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Full reference: L. Ginsburg. 1977. Les carnivores du Miocene de Beni Mellal (Maroc). Geologie Mediterraneene 4(3):225-240
Parent taxon: Guloninae according to A. Valenciano et al. 2018
See also Baskin 1998 and Ginsburg 1977
Sister taxa: Eira, Galera, Grisonia, Gulonini, Laphictis, Martes, Pekania
Subtaxa: Canimartes Dehmictis Ferinestrix Ischyrictis Plionictis Sthenictis
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (2: Idaho collections)
• Hemphillian of United States (4: Florida, Nebraska, Oregon, Texas)
• Miocene of Canada (4: Saskatchewan), France (7), Germany (1), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (27: California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 47 collections including 50 occurrences