Sthenictis

Sthenictis; Temporal range:Miocene,; ~15.97–5.33Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Sthenictis sp.cast of a specimen fromCherry County,Nebraska.At theAMNH.
	Sthenictis campestrisjaw
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Mustelidae
Subfamily:	Guloninae
Tribe:	Ischyrictini
Genus:	†Sthenictis; Peterson, 1910
Species
	Sthenictis bellusMatthew, 1932; Sthenictis campestrisGregory, 1942; Sthenictis dolichopsMatthew, 1924; Sthenictis junturensisShotwell & Russell, 1963; Sthenictis lacota(Matthew & Gidley, 1904); Sthenictis neimengguensisTsenget al.2009; Sthenictis robustus(Cope, 1890);
Synonyms
	BrachygalePeterson, 1910

Sthenictisis an extinct genus in the weasel family (mustelids) endemic toNorth AmericaandAsiaduring theMioceneepoch living from ~15.97—5.33 Ma (AEO) existing for approximately11million years.

Fossil distribution

The oldest specimen was uncovered at Black Butte,Malheur County, Oregon.^[1]Other locations are: Quatal Canyon,Ventura County, California,Kleinfelder Farm,Saskatchewan, Canada,Nebraska,Texas,Floridaand inInner Mongolia,inChina.^[2]

References

^PaleoDB collection 18825: authorized byJohn Alroy,entered by J. Alroy on February 18, 1993[1]
^Tseng Z. J., O’Connor J. K., Wang X. & Prothero D. R. 2009. —The first Old World occurrence of the North American mustelidSthenictis(Mammalia, Carnivora).Geodiversitas31 (4): 743-751.

[1] PaleoDB collection 18825: authorized byJohn Alroy,entered by J. Alroy on February 18, 1993[1]

[2] Tseng Z. J., O’Connor J. K., Wang X. & Prothero D. R. 2009. —The first Old World occurrence of the North American mustelidSthenictis(Mammalia, Carnivora).Geodiversitas31 (4): 743-751.

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