Chapalmalania ortognatha is an extinct species of giant procyonid, a member of the raccoon family, described by Florentino Ameghino in 1908 when he named the genus Chapalmalania. The Wikipedia article on the genus says the animal was first mistaken for a bear, gives a body mass estimate of 125 to 181 kilograms and suggests it evolved from the smaller dog-coati Cyonasua in South America. The Paleobiology Database holds the name without any dated occurrence of its own.
Facts
Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Conservation Status Body Size Band Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Procyonidae (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Chapalmalania ortognatha (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
†C. ortognatha Ameghino, 1908
Child Taxon Of: Procyonidae, Extinct taxa, listed under Procyonidae
†C. ortognatha Ameghino, 1908
View the Source3. Chapalmalania (Wikipedia)
DescriptionQuote, Description
estimated to have weighed between 125 kilograms (276 lb) to 181 kilograms (399 lb), comparable in mass to small/medium sized ursids
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