Tetraprothomo argentinus is an extinct species of procyonid, a member of the raccoon family, described by Florentino Ameghino in 1908 and the only species of the genus Tetraprothomo. The Paleobiology Database records one fossil occurrence, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, and dates the species to the Zanclean stage of the Pliocene, between about 5 and 3.8 million years ago. Its most recent reference in the database is a 2016 update of the Late Cenozoic vertebrates of the southern Pampean region by Deschamps and Tomassini, and the Wikipedia article on the family lists Tetraprothomo among the extinct procyonid genera.
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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
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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Tetraprothomo argentinusOccurrence record, placeQuote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "Buenos Aires"
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1. Tetraprothomo argentinus (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
†T. argentinus Ameghino, 1908
Child Taxon Of: Procyonidae, Extinct taxa, listed under Procyonidae
†T. argentinus Ameghino, 1908
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