Cyonasua argentina is an extinct species of procyonid, a member of the raccoon family, described by Florentino Ameghino in 1885 from fossils that Pedro Scalabrini collected for the provincial museum of the city of Parana in Argentina, and assigned to the genus Cyonasua, whose name means dog-coati. The Paleobiology Database records one fossil occurrence, in Entre Rios Province, and dates it from the Tortonian to the Zanclean stages, between about 8 and 5 million years ago. The Wikipedia article on the genus calls Cyonasua the oldest terrestrial carnivoran known from South America and an omnivore of about 15 to 25 kilograms.
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Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Conservation Status Body Size Band Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Procyonidae (Wikipedia)
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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Cyonasua argentinaOccurrence record, placeQuote, Occurrence record, place
"cc": "AR"
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1. Cyonasua argentina (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. argentina Ameghino 1885
Child Taxon Of: Procyonidae, Extinct taxa, listed under Procyonidae
†C. argentina Ameghino 1885
View the Source3. Cyonasua (Wikipedia)
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Cyonasua was much larger than any extant procyonid, weighing about 15-25 kg, about the same size as a medium-sized dog.
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