Plesiogulo is a genus of prehistoric carnivore that lived from the Miocene to the Pliocene of Africa, Eurasia, and North America. An ancestral relationship to the wolverine (Gulo gulo) was once suggested, but it is no longer considered likely.[1] However, some authorities still consider it a member of the Guloninae.[2]
| Plesiogulo | |
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| Plesiogulo brachygnathus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Genus: | †Plesiogulo Zdansky, 1924 |
| Species | |
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Species
editThe following species have been currently described for this genus:[2]
- †P. brachygnathus (Schlosser, 1903)
- †P. botori Haile-Selassie, Hlusko & Howell, 2004
- †P. crassa Teilhard de Chardin, 1945
- †P. marshalli (Martin, 1928)
- †P. lindsayi Harrison, 1981
- †P. monspessulanus Viret, 1939
- †P. praecocidens Kurtén, 1970
Palaeobiology
editPalaeoecology
editP. crassa was a generalist omnivore, feeding on a variety of small animals while also supplementing its diet with mushrooms and fruits.[3]
References
edit- ↑ Samuels, Joshua X.; Bredehoeft, Keila E.; Wallace, Steven C. (2018). "A new species of Gulo from the Early Pliocene Gray Fossil Site (Eastern United States); rethinking the evolution of wolverines". PeerJ. 6 e4648. doi:10.7717/peerj.4648. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5910791. PMID 29682423.
- 1 2 Valenciano, Alberto; Govender, Romala (2020-06-01). "New insights into the giant mustelids (Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae) from Langebaanweg fossil site (West Coast Fossil Park, South Africa, early Pliocene)". PeerJ. 8 e9221. doi:10.7717/peerj.9221. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 7271888. PMID 32547866.
- ↑ Faggi, Andrea (2025). "Revising the carnivores of Baccinello V3 faunal assemblage: palaeobiogeographic implications in the Messinian Italian carnivore record". Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana. 64 (1): 19–46. doi:10.4435/BSPI.2025.03. ISSN 0375-7633. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
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