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Spilogale microdens

Mammals

Spilogale microdens is a skunk of the genus Spilogale, named by Dalquest in 1978 in a paper on the early Blancan mammals of the Beck Ranch local fauna of Texas. The Paleobiology Database counts one fossil occurrence and dates it from the Zanclean to the Calabrian stage, roughly 4.7 to 1.4 million years ago. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility also lists the name as an accepted species of the family Mephitidae. Neither record states whether any population survives, so whether it is living or extinct is left open here.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
Diet
Omnivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Living or Extinct
No 2
Scientific Name
Spilogale microdens 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Spilogale, Taxa
Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Spilogale microdens
Additional Source Paleobiology Database: Spilogale microdensTaxon record, parent genus
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Found In

Texas

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Paleobiology Database: Spilogale microdensPrimary reference, paper title
Quote, Primary reference, paper title
Early Blancan mammals of the Beck Ranch local fauna of Texas
Sources
1. Paleobiology Database: Spilogale microdens
  • Primary reference, paper title
    Early Blancan mammals of the Beck Ranch local fauna of Texas
  • Ecospace record, environment
    "taxon_environment": "terrestrial"
  • Ecospace record, diet (carnivore)
    "diet": "carnivore, omnivore"
  • Ecospace record, diet (omnivore)
    "diet": "carnivore, omnivore"
  • Child Taxon Of: Spilogale, Taxon record, parent genus
    "parent_name": "Spilogale"
  • In Group: Mustelids, Procyonids And Other Carnivorans, Taxon record, order
    "order": "Carnivora"
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2. Paleobiology Database: Paleobiology Database: Spilogale microdens
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, extant_size
Quote, Taxon record, extant_size
"extant_size": 0
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3. Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Spilogale microdens
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  • Species record, canonical name
    "canonicalName": "Spilogale microdens"
  • Child Taxon Of: Spilogale, Species record, genus
    "genus": "Spilogale"
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