Promephitis lartetii Gaudry, 1861 (Carnivora: Mephitidae) from the Late Miocene of Tuva (Taralyk-Cher Locality).

This paper describes fossil remains of Promephitis lartetii (Mephitidae) from the Upper Miocene (MN 12–13) of Tuva, the Taralyk-Cher locality, which are represented by two nearly complete deformed skulls, mandibular rami, and maxilla, mandible fragments, and isolated teeth. The variability of taxonomically significant characters in the morphology of P4–M1 and the skull of P. lartetii has been studied. The stability of the taxonomic characters of the genus Promephitis has been analyzed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]