Martinogale faulli is the oldest and smallest species of the extinct Late Miocene skunk genus Martinogale of North America. It was described in 2005 from a partial skull found in the Late Clarendonian Dove Spring Formation of Kern County, California. Compared with the larger Martinogale chisoensis, it has a smoother skull, relatively smaller teeth and a better defined basicranial bulla. The species name honors Mark Faull, a former ranger at Red Rock Canyon State Park. Its description in 2005 was also the occasion on which chisoensis, first named as a species of Buisnictis, was reassigned to Martinogale, and like most fossil skunks it is known only from fragmentary cranial remains.
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Source Martinogale (Wikipedia)Martinogale faulli, type localityQuote, Martinogale faulli, type locality
from a partial skull found in the Late Clarendonian Dove Spring Formation, from Kern County, California
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1. Paleobiology Database: Martinogale faulli (Paleobiology Database)
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, extant status (extinct)
"is_extant": "extinct"
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"taxon_environment": "terrestrial"
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"diet": "carnivore, omnivore"
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Martinogale faulli, type locality
from a partial skull found in the Late Clarendonian Dove Spring Formation, from Kern County, California
Child Taxon Of: Mephitidae, Lead, kind of animal
Martinogale is an extinct genus of skunk from the Late Miocene of central North America
In Group: Mustelids, Procyonids And Other Carnivorans, Lead, kind of animal
Martinogale is an extinct genus of skunk from the Late Miocene of central North America
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