Oligobuninae

Oligobuninae
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Subfamily: Oligobuninae
Genus: Brachypsalis

Megalictis
Oligobunis
Potamotherium
Promartes
Zodiolestes

Oligobuninae is an extinct subfamily of the family Mustelidae.

The subfamily was described by J. A. Baskin in 1998; of the genera that he assigned to this clade, six are recognized today - Brachypsalis, Megalictis, Oligobunis, Potamotherium, Promartes, and Zodiolestes - representing thirteen separate species.[1]

References

  1. "Oligobuninae at the Paleobiology Database.". paleodb.org. Retrieved 2008-11-28.
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