Bassariscus minimus is an extinct species of procyonid, a member of the raccoon family, described by J. A. Baskin in 2004 in a paper on Bassariscus and Probassariscus from the early Barstovian of the Middle Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records one fossil occurrence, in Dawes County, Nebraska, and dates it from the Burdigalian to the Serravallian stages, between about 16.3 and 12.5 million years ago. It belongs to the genus Bassariscus, which also holds the living ringtail and cacomistle.
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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 Bassariscus minimusOccurrence record, placeQuote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "Nebraska"
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1. Bassariscus minimus (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
†B. minimus J.A. Baskin, 2004
Child Taxon Of: Procyonidae, Extinct taxa, listed under Procyonidae
†B. minimus J.A. Baskin, 2004
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