Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Synonym: Rhapsodus Linares 1981
Full reference: J. C. Merriam. 1911. Tertiary Mammal Beds Of Virgin Valley and Thousand Creek In Northwestern Nevada. Part II.-Vertebrate Faunas. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 6(11):199-304
Parent taxon: Procyonini according to J. A. Baskin 2004
See also Baskin 1989, Baskin 1998, Gregory and Downs 1951, Hall 1927, Hall 1930 and Voorhies 1990
Sister taxa: Amphinasua, Arctonasua, Bassaricyon, Bassariscus, Brachynasua, Chapalmalania, Cyonasua, Edaphocyon, Nasua, Nasuella, Paranasua, Procyon, Protoprocyon
Subtaxa: Probassariscus matthewi
Ecology: scansorial frugivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: Nebraska, Texas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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