Palaeomephitis
Palaeomephitis steinheimensis is an extinct species of mephitid of the Miocene epoch in Europe. It is the earliest known species of the family Mephitidae.
| Palaeomephitis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mephitidae |
| Genus: | Palaeomephitis Jäger, 1839 |
| Species: | P. steinheimensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Palaeomephitis steinheimensis Jäger, 1839 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Trochotherium cyamoides | |
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