Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1904. Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic]. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58:1-142
Parent taxon: Procyonidae according to A. M. Forasiepi et al. 2007
See also Ameghino 1904, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Rovereto 1914
Sister taxa: Angustictis, Broiliana, Melina, Myxophagus, Pachynasua, Procyonina, Procyoninae, Sivanasua, Stromeriella, Tetraprothomo, Cercoleptina
Subtaxa: Parahyaenodon argentinus
Ecology: scansorial frugivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Argentina (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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