Edaphocyon lautus is an extinct species of procyonid, a member of the raccoon family, described by J. A. Baskin in 1982 in his review of the Tertiary procyonines of North America. The Paleobiology Database records one fossil occurrence, in Dawes County, Nebraska, and dates it to the Burdigalian stage of the Miocene, between about 18.5 and 16.3 million years ago. It belongs to the genus Edaphocyon, which Wilson named in 1960, and the Wikipedia article on the family lists the genus among the extinct procyonids.
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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 Edaphocyon lautusOccurrence record, placeQuote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "Nebraska"
Sources
1. Edaphocyon lautus (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
†E. lautus J.A. Baskin, 1982
Child Taxon Of: Procyonidae, Extinct taxa, listed under Procyonidae
†E. lautus J.A. Baskin, 1982
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