Arctonasua gracilis is an extinct species of procyonid, a member of the raccoon family, described by J. A. Baskin in 1982. The Paleobiology Database records two fossil occurrences, in Brown County, Nebraska, and San Jacinto County, Texas, and dates the species from the Burdigalian to the Serravallian stages of the Miocene, between about 16.3 and 12.5 million years ago, while the Wikipedia article on the genus Arctonasua gives an estimated age of about 8.4 million years for its two localities. The two sources disagree on the age, so the dating of this species is not settled by the pages read.
Facts
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 gracilisOccurrence record, placeQuote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "Nebraska"
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Arctonasua gracilisOccurrence record, placeQuote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "Texas"
Sources
1. Arctonasua gracilis (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. gracilis J.A. Baskin, 1982
Child Taxon Of: Procyonidae, Extinct taxa, listed under Procyonidae
†A. gracilis J.A. Baskin, 1982
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