Promephitis parvus is an extinct skunk named by Wang and Qiu in 2004, one of eleven species currently recognised in the genus Promephitis. It is one of the two species they described after reporting well preserved skull and skeleton finds from China. The Paleobiology Database counts one fossil occurrence and dates it from the Tortonian to the Messinian stage, roughly 11.6 to 5.3 million years ago. Promephitis belongs to the skunk family Mephitidae and is known from Miocene and Pliocene fossils of Europe and Asia. Its species are told apart from other carnivorans by a distinctive fourth premolar and a very small second premolar, and the genus has been likened to the two living stink badgers of Southeast Asia.
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In 2004 Wang & Qiu reported numerous well-preserved skull and skeleton finds from China and described two new species.
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1. Paleobiology Database: Promephitis parvus
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon 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"
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Taxonomy, 2004 finds
In 2004 Wang & Qiu reported numerous well-preserved skull and skeleton finds from China and described two new species.
Child Taxon Of: Mephitidae, Lead, family
Promephitis is an extinct genus of mephitid
In Group: Mustelids, Procyonids And Other Carnivorans, Characteristics, carnivorans
which distinguish them from other carnivora
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