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Brachyprotoma brevimala Heaton, 1985

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Considered a synonym of B. obtusata by fossilworks.

 

Conservation Status

Invalid?

Last record: Late Pleistocene

 

Distribution

North America

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Heaton, Timothy H. (1985). Quaternary palaeontology and palaeoecology of Crystal Ball Cave, Millard County, Utah: with emphasis on mammals and description of a new species of fossil skunk. The Great Basin Naturalist 45(3): 337-390.

 

Other references:

Emslie, Steven D. and Meltzer, David J. (2019). Late Quaternary vertebrates from the Upper Gunnison Basin, Colorado, and small-mammal community resilience to climate change since the last glacial maximum. Quaternary Research. doi: DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2019.26 [Abstract]

http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=44667

 

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