Oligobuninae

Oligobuninae; Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Life restoration, reconstructed skull, and skull AM 25430 of Megalictis ferox
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Mustelidae
Subfamily:	† Oligobuninae
Genera
	Brachypsalis ; Floridictis ; Megalictis ; Oligobunis ; Parabrachypsalis ; Promartes ; Zodiolestes ;

Last updated October 04, 2025

Oligobuninae is an extinct subfamily of the family Mustelidae known from Miocene deposits in North America.

The subfamily was described by J. A. Baskin in 1998; of the genera that he assigned to this clade, seven are recognized today - Brachypsalis , Megalictis , Oligobunis , Promartes , Zodiolestes , Floridictis and Parabrachypsalis - representing thirteen separate species.^[1]^[2] Potamotherium , usually considered to belong to Oligobuninae, has been reclassified as a basal pinnipedomorph in the family Semantoridae, which also includes Puijila and Semantor .^[3]

References

↑ "Oligobuninae at the Paleobiology Database". paleodb.org. Retrieved 2008-11-28.
↑ Jon A. Baskin (2017). "Additional carnivorans from the early Hemingfordian Miller Local Fauna, Florida". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 37 (2) e1293069. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1293069.
↑ Berta, A., Morgan, C., & Boessenecker, R.W. (2018). "The Origin and Evolutionary Biology of Pinnipeds: Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses". Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 0. doi:10.1146/annurev-earth-082517-010009.

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[1] "Oligobuninae at the Paleobiology Database". paleodb.org. Retrieved 2008-11-28.

[2] Jon A. Baskin (2017). "Additional carnivorans from the early Hemingfordian Miller Local Fauna, Florida". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 37 (2) e1293069. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1293069.

[3] Berta, A., Morgan, C., & Boessenecker, R.W. (2018). "The Origin and Evolutionary Biology of Pinnipeds: Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses". Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 0. doi:10.1146/annurev-earth-082517-010009.

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