Oligobuninae

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

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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
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Mustelidae
Subfamily:	†Oligobuninae
Genera
Brachypsalis Floridictis Megalictis Oligobunis Parabrachypsalis Promartes Zodiolestes

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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]