Oligobuninae Temporal range: Miocene |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Mustelidae |
Subfamily: | Oligobuninae |
Genus: | Brachypsalis Megalictis |
Oligobuninae is an extinct subfamily of the Mustelidae family.
The subfamily was described by J. A. Baskin in 1998, who assigned seven genera to it - Brachypsalis, Megalictis, Oligobunis, Paroligobunis, Potamotherium, Promartes, and Zodiolestes - representing thirteen separate species.[1]