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Oligobunis

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Extinct genus of carnivores

Oligobunis
Temporal range:Miocene
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Family:Mustelidae
Subfamily:Oligobuninae
Genus:Oligobunis
Cope, 1881
Species

O. crassivultus
O. floridanus

Oligobunis is anextinctgenus ofmustelids, which existed during theMiocene epoch.

The genus was first described byE. D. Cope in 1881. Cope assigned the genus to the familyMustelidae, and J. A. Baskin assigned it to the subfamilyOligobuninae in 1998. Two species have been identified in the genus:O. crassivultus andO. floridanus.[1] Three more -O. gemmarosae,O. lepidus, andO. vantasselensis - were later assigned to the genusPromartes.[2]O. floridanus was a medium-sized badger type mustelid carnivore that filled the niche of small cats during the "cat gap" of the early to middle Miocene in North America. Its fossils have been discovered in Florida, Nebraska, and Oregon.

Notes

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  1. ^Paleobiology Database (Oligobunis)
  2. ^Riggs (1942)

References

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Genera ofred pandas,raccoons,skunks,mustelids and their extinct allies
Ailuridae
Ailurinae
Amphictinae
Simocyoninae
Mephitidae
Procyonidae
Ailurus fulgens

Mephitis mephitis

Bassaricyon alleni
Guloninae
Helictidinae
Ictonychinae
Lutrinae
Leptarctinae
Melinae
Mellivorinae
Mustelavinae
Mustelinae
Oligobuninae
Taxidiinae
Gulo gulo

Martes zibellinaMegalictis ferox

Chamitataxus avitus
Oligobunis
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