Arctonasua fricki is an extinct species of procyonid, a member of the raccoon family, described by J. A. Baskin in 1982 as part of the genus Arctonasua, whose name means bear coati. The Paleobiology Database records one fossil occurrence, in Texas County, Oklahoma, and dates the species from the Tortonian to the Zanclean stages, between about 9.4 and 4.7 million years ago. The Wikipedia article on the genus gives an estimated age of about 8.4 million years for the Oklahoma locality and describes Arctonasua as a raccoon-like procyonid of the Miocene that was endemic to North America, with a range of roughly 16 to 4.9 million years ago.
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Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Procyonidae (Wikipedia)
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Found In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Arctonasua frickiOccurrence record, placeQuote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "Oklahoma"
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1. Arctonasua fricki (Paleobiology Database)
Taxon record, extant status
"is_extant": "extinct"
Ecospace record, environment
"taxon_environment": "terrestrial"
Ecospace record, diet, taken from Procyonidae
"diet": "frugivore, carnivore"
In Group: Mustelids, Procyonids And Other Carnivorans, Taxon record, classification order
"order": "Carnivora"
View the Source2. Procyonidae (Wikipedia)
Extinct taxa
†A. fricki J.A. Baskin, 1982
Child Taxon Of: Procyonidae, Extinct taxa, listed under Procyonidae
†A. fricki J.A. Baskin, 1982
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