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Brachyprotoma ✝

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Brachyprotoma obtusata (also known as the short-faced skunk) is an extinct genus of skunk of the Pleistocene epoch what is now North America.

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4833885	https://www.gbif.org/species/4833885
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	41098	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41098

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Mustelidae : Brachyprotoma

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Laurasiatheria	Waddell et al. 1999
-	Scrotifera	Waddell et al. 1999
-	Ferae	Linnaeus 1758
-	Carnivoramorpha	Wyss and Flynn 1993
-	Carnivoraformes	Flynn et al.
order	Carnivora	Bowditch 1821
suborder	Caniformia	Kretzoi 1943
family	Mustelidae	Fischer 1817
subfamily	Melinae	Burmeister 1872
tribe	Mephitini
genus	Brachyprotoma	Brown 1908

Scientific Name

Brachyprotoma Brown, 1908

Name Published In

Mem. Amer. Mus., 9

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Brachyprotoma	genus	belongs to Mustelidae	stated without evidence	Brown, 1908
Brachyprotoma	genus	belongs to Mephitinae	stated without evidence	Kurten and Anderson, 1980
Brachyprotoma	genus	belongs to Mustelidae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Brachyprotoma	genus	belongs to Mephitini	stated without evidence	Wang et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

1.80 - 0.30 Ma
Pleistocene

Last Recorded Appearance

0.13 Ma
Pleistocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

carnivore, omnivore (based on Mustelidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals.

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachyprotoma

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Mephitis obtusata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Short-faced Skunk	9	1.80 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1908	Brachyprotoma Brown
1980	Brachyprotoma Kurten and Anderson p. 163
1988	Brachyprotoma Carroll
2005	Brachyprotoma Wang et al. p. 937

References

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals

Kurten B., Anderson E. (1980) , Pleistocene mammals of North America, 1-442

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Wang X., Whistler D. P., et al (2005) A New Basal Skunk Martinogale (Carnivora, Mephitinae) From Late Miocene Dove Spring Formation, California, and Origin of New World Mephitines, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 4, 936-949 doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0936:ANBSMC]2.0.CO;2

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Mem. Amer. Mus., 9 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family (except Lontra, Enhydra) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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