Family Mephitidae Bonaparte 1845 (skunk)
PaleoDB taxon number: 104743
Parent taxon: Mustelida according to X. Wang et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Ailuridae, Bavarictis, Chaprongictis, Oligobunidae, Peignictis, Procyonoidea, Pseudobassaris
Subtaxa: Mephitis, Miomephitis, Spilogale
Ecology: scansorial insectivore