Promartes

Promartes is a genus of mustelids, now extinct, which existed during the Miocene period.

Promartes
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Subfamily: †Oligobuninae
Genus: †Promartes
Riggs, 1942
Species
  • P. darbyi
  • P. gemmarosae
  • P. lepidus (Matthew, 1907)
  • P. olcotti Riggs, 1942 (type)
  • P. vantasselensis

Taxonomy

The 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
  1. Paleobiology Database (Promartes)
  2. Riggs (1942)

References
  • "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.
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