Promartes is a genus of mustelids, now extinct, which existed during the Miocene period.
Promartes Temporal range: Miocene
| |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Mustelidae |
Subfamily: | †Oligobuninae |
Genus: | †Promartes Riggs, 1942 |
Species | |
|
Taxonomy
editThe genus was first described in 1942, by E. S. Riggs, who identified the sister genus Zodiolestes at the same time, and assigned to the family Mustelidae. It belongs to the subfamily Oligobuninae. Five species have been identified in the genus: Promartes darbyi, P. gemmarosae, P. lepidus, P. olcotti, andP. vantasselensis,[1] three of which were originally identified as members of Oligobunis.[2]
Notes
editReferences
edit- "Promartes at the Paleobiology Database". paleodb.org. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
- "E. S. Riggs 1942, summarised at the Paleobiology Database". paleodb.org. Retrieved 2008-11-29.