Edaphocyon pointblankensis is an extinct species of procyonid, a member of the raccoon family, described by John A. Wilson in 1960 in a paper on Miocene carnivores of the Texas Coastal Plain, and the species on which the genus Edaphocyon was founded. The Paleobiology Database records its one fossil occurrence, in San Jacinto County, Texas, dated from the Burdigalian to the Serravallian stages, between about 16.3 and 12.5 million years ago. 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 pointblankensisOccurrence record, placeQuote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "Texas"
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1. Edaphocyon pointblankensis (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. pointblankensis Wilson, 1960
Child Taxon Of: Procyonidae, Extinct taxa, listed under Procyonidae
†E. pointblankensis Wilson, 1960
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