Promartes
{{Short description|Extinct genus of carnivores}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = Miocene
| image =
| image_caption =
| taxon = Promartes
| authority = Riggs, 1942
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
- P. darbyi
- P. gemmarosae
- P. lepidus (Matthew, 1907)
- P. olcotti Riggs, 1942 (type)
- P. vantasselensis
}}
Promartes is a genus of mustelids, now extinct, which existed during the Miocene period.
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,Paleobiology Database (Promartes) three of which were originally identified as members of Oligobunis.Riggs (1942)
Notes
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References
- {{cite web |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41159 |title=Promartes at the Paleobiology Database. |publisher=paleodb.org |access-date=2008-11-29}}
- {{cite web |url=https://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayReference&reference_no=2910 |title=E. S. Riggs 1942, summarised at the Paleobiology Database. |publisher=paleodb.org |access-date=2008-11-29}}
{{Musteloidea|Mae.|state=collapsed}}
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Category:Prehistoric mustelids