Biology:Plesiogulo
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Short description: Extinct genus of carnivores
| Plesiogulo Temporal range: Miocene-Pliocene
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| Plesiogulo brachygnathus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Genus: | †Plesiogulo Zdansky, 1924 |
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Plesiogulo is a genus of prehistoric carnivore that lived from Miocene to Pliocene of Africa, Eurasia and North America. An ancestral relationship to the wolverine (Gulo gulo) was once suggested, but it is no longer considered likely.[1] However, some authorities still consider it a member of the Guloninae.[2]
Species
The following species have been currently described for this genus:[2]
- †P. brachygnathus (Schlosser, 1903)
- †P. botori Haile-Selassie, Hlusko & Howell, 2004
- †P. crassa Teilhard de Chardin, 1945
- †P. marshalli (Martin, 1928)
- †P. lindsayi Harrison, 1981
- †P. monspessulanus Viret, 1939
- †P. praecocidens Kurtén, 1970
References
- ↑ Samuels, Joshua X.; Bredehoeft, Keila E.; Wallace, Steven C. (2018). "A new species of Gulo from the Early Pliocene Gray Fossil Site (Eastern United States); rethinking the evolution of wolverines". PeerJ 6: e4648. doi:10.7717/peerj.4648. ISSN 2167-8359. PMID 29682423.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Valenciano, Alberto; Govender, Romala (2020-06-01). "New insights into the giant mustelids (Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae) from Langebaanweg fossil site (West Coast Fossil Park, South Africa, early Pliocene)" (in en). PeerJ 8: e9221. doi:10.7717/peerj.9221. ISSN 2167-8359. PMID 32547866.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q25095338 entry
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