Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1885. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles Oligocenos recogidos por el Profesor Pedro Scalabrini y pertenecientes al Museo Provincial de la ciudad del Parana [New remains of Oligocene fossil mammals collected by Professor Pedro Scalabrini and belonging to the Provincial Museum of the city of Parana]. Boletín de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias 8:1-205
Parent taxon: Procyonini according to J. A. Baskin 2004
See also Ameghino 1885, Carroll 1988 and Hontecillas et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Amphinasua, Arctonasua, Bassaricyon, Bassariscus, Brachynasua, Chapalmalania, Edaphocyon, Nasua, Nasuella, Paranasua, Probassariscus, Procyon, Protoprocyon
Subtaxa: Cyonasua argentina Cyonasua brevirostris Cyonasua clausa Cyonasua groeberi Cyonasua longirostris Cyonasua lutaria Cyonasua meranii Cyonasua pascuali Cyonasua robusta Cyonasua zettii
Ecology: scansorial frugivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Argentina (5 collections), Venezuela (1)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (10), Bolivia (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Peru (2), Uruguay (1)
Total: 21 collections including 23 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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