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Extinct subfamily of carnivores

Oligobuninae
Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Life restoration, reconstructed skull, and skull AM 25430 of Megalictis ferox
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Subfamily: Oligobuninae
Genera

Oligobuninae is an extinct subfamily of the family Mustelidae known from Miocene deposits in North America.

The subfamily was described by J. A. Baskin in 1998; of the genera that he assigned to this clade, seven are recognized today - Brachypsalis, Megalictis, Oligobunis, Promartes, Zodiolestes, Floridictis and Parabrachypsalis - representing thirteen separate species. Potamotherium, usually considered to belong to Oligobuninae, has been reclassified as a basal pinnipedomorph in the family Semantoridae, which also includes Puijila and Semantor.

References

  1. "Oligobuninae at the Paleobiology Database". paleodb.org. Retrieved 2008-11-28.
  2. Jon A. Baskin (2017). "Additional carnivorans from the early Hemingfordian Miller Local Fauna, Florida". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 37 (2): e1293069. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1293069.
  3. Berta, A., Morgan, C., & Boessenecker, R.W. (2018). "The Origin and Evolutionary Biology of Pinnipeds: Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses". Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 0. doi:10.1146/annurev-earth-082517-010009.
Genera of red pandas, raccoons, skunks, mustelids and their extinct allies
Musteloidea
Musteloidea
Ailuridae
Ailurinae
Amphictinae
Simocyoninae
Mephitidae
Procyonidae
Ailurus fulgens

Mephitis mephitis

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

Martes zibellina Megalictis ferox

Chamitataxus avitus
Taxon identifiers
Oligobuninae
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