Probassariscus matthewi is an extinct species of procyonid, a member of the raccoon family, described by Merriam in 1911 and the only species of the genus Probassariscus. The Paleobiology Database records one fossil occurrence, in Dawes County, Nebraska, and dates it from the Burdigalian to the Serravallian stages of the Miocene, between about 16.3 and 12.5 million years ago. Baskin revisited it in 2004 in a paper on Bassariscus and Probassariscus from the early Barstovian, and the database lists Rhapsodus tedfordi as a synonym.
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System (Realm) Living or Extinct Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Procyonidae (Wikipedia)
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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Probassariscus matthewiOccurrence record, placeQuote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "Nebraska"
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1. Probassariscus matthewi (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
†P. matthewi Merriam, 1911
Child Taxon Of: Procyonidae, Extinct taxa, listed under Procyonidae
†P. matthewi Merriam, 1911
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