Bassariscus rexroadensis Hibbard 1950 (ringtail)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae

Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1950. Mammals of the Rexroad Formation from Fox Canyon, Kansas. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 8(6):113-192

Belongs to Bassariscus according to C. W. Hibbard 1950

Sister taxa: Bassariscus albipes, Bassariscus antiquus, Bassariscus astutus, Bassariscus casei, Bassariscus lycopotamicus, Bassariscus minimus, Bassariscus ogallalae, Bassariscus parvus, Bassariscus sumichrasti

Type specimen: UMMP 25766, a tooth. Its type locality is Fox Canyon, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas.

Ecology: arboreal frugivore-carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Bassariscus rexroadensis in the database

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