Rank Genus | Phylum Chordata Order Carnivores | |
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Similar Carnivores, Chamitataxus, Pannonictis, Plesiogulo, Potamotherium | ||
Sthenictis is an extinct genus in the weasel family (mustelids) endemic to North America and Asia during the Miocene epoch living from ~13.5—9.2 Ma (AEO) existing for approximately 4.3 million years.
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Taxonomy
Sthenictis was named by Peterson (1910). It was assigned to Mustelidae by Peterson (1910) and Carroll (1988); and to Ischyrictini by Baskin (1998).
Morphology
Two specimens were examined for body mass by Legendre and Roth 1988:
Fossil distribution
The oldest specimen was uncovered at Black Butte, Malheur County, Oregon. Other locations are: Quatal Canyon, Ventura County, California, Kleinfelder Farm, Saskatchewan, Canada, Nebraska, Texas, Florida and in Inner Mongolia, in China.
References
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