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Bassariscus antiquus

Mammals

Bassariscus antiquus is an extinct species of procyonid, a member of the raccoon family, described by Matthew and Cook in 1909 in a paper on a Pliocene fauna from western Nebraska and later placed in the ringtail and cacomistle genus Bassariscus. It is the best documented fossil species of its group in the Paleobiology Database, with 15 occurrences in Nebraska, Nevada, California, Oregon and Saskatchewan, dated from the Burdigalian to the Tortonian stages of the Miocene, between about 18.5 and 9.4 million years ago. The database lists the name Bassariscus nevadensis, which Merriam gave in 1916, as a synonym of it.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
Diet
Frugivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Living or Extinct
No 2
Conservation Status
Extinct 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Procyonidae, Taxa
Source Procyonidae (Wikipedia)
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Found In

California

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Bassariscus antiquusOccurrence record, place
Quote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "California"
Canada

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Bassariscus antiquusOccurrence record, place
Quote, Occurrence record, place
"cc": "CA"
Nebraska

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Bassariscus antiquusOccurrence record, place
Quote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "Nebraska"
Nevada

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Bassariscus antiquusOccurrence record, place
Quote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "Nevada"
Oregon

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Bassariscus antiquusOccurrence record, place
Quote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "Oregon"
Sources
1. Bassariscus antiquus (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"
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2. Procyonidae (Wikipedia)
  • Extinct taxa
    †B. antiquus Matthew & Cook, 1909
  • Child Taxon Of: Procyonidae, Extinct taxa, listed under Procyonidae
    †B. antiquus Matthew & Cook, 1909
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