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Conepatus sanmiguelensis

Mammals

Conepatus sanmiguelensis is an extinct hog-nosed skunk named by Wang and Carranza-Castaneda in 2008, in a paper titled Earliest hog-nosed skunk, Conepatus (Mephitidae, Carnivora), from the early Pliocene of Guanajuato, Mexico and origin of South American skunks. The Paleobiology Database accepts it as a valid species of the genus Conepatus, counts three fossil occurrences and dates them from the Tortonian to the Zanclean stage, roughly 9.4 to 4.7 million years ago. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility also lists the name as an accepted species of the family Mephitidae.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
Diet
Omnivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Living or Extinct
No 1
Scientific Name
Conepatus sanmiguelensis 2
Conservation Status
Extinct 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Conepatus, Taxa
Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Conepatus sanmiguelensis
Additional Source Paleobiology Database: Conepatus sanmiguelensisTaxon record, parent genus
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Found In

Mexico

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Paleobiology Database: Conepatus sanmiguelensisPrimary reference, paper title
Quote, Primary reference, paper title
from the early Pliocene of Guanajuato, Mexico
Sources
1. Paleobiology Database: Conepatus sanmiguelensis
  • Primary reference, paper title
    from the early Pliocene of Guanajuato, Mexico
  • Taxon record, extant status
    "is_extant": "extinct"
  • Ecospace record, environment
    "taxon_environment": "terrestrial"
  • Ecospace record, diet (carnivore)
    "diet": "carnivore, omnivore"
  • Ecospace record, diet (omnivore)
    "diet": "carnivore, omnivore"
  • Child Taxon Of: Conepatus, Taxon record, parent genus
    "parent_name": "Conepatus"
  • In Group: Mustelids, Procyonids And Other Carnivorans, Taxon record, order
    "order": "Carnivora"
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2. Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Conepatus sanmiguelensis
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  • Species record, canonical name
    "canonicalName": "Conepatus sanmiguelensis"
  • Child Taxon Of: Conepatus, Species record, genus
    "genus": "Conepatus"
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