Palaeomephitis

Palaeomephitis
Temporal range: Middle Miocene
ca. 12 Ma
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mephitidae
Genus: Palaeomephitis
Jäger, 1839
Species:
P. steinheimensis
Binomial name
Palaeomephitis steinheimensis
Jäger, 1839
Synonyms

Trochotherium cyamoides
Fraas, 1870

Palaeomephitis steinheimensis is an extinct species of musteloid, possibly a mephitid (skunk), from the Miocene epoch of Europe.

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