Arctonasua minima is an extinct species of procyonid, a member of the raccoon family, described by J. A. Baskin in 1982 as one of the five species of the genus Arctonasua, whose name means bear coati. The Paleobiology Database records one fossil occurrence, in Dawes County, Nebraska, and dates the species from the Burdigalian to the Serravallian stages of the Miocene, between about 16.3 and 12.5 million years ago. The Wikipedia article on the genus gives an estimated age of about 17.1 million years for the Dawes County locality, which makes it the oldest Arctonasua species it lists.
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Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Procyonidae (Wikipedia)
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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Arctonasua minimaOccurrence record, placeQuote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "Nebraska"
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1. Arctonasua minima (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. minima J.A. Baskin, 1982
Child Taxon Of: Procyonidae, Extinct taxa, listed under Procyonidae
†A. minima J.A. Baskin, 1982
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