Bassariscus casei is an extinct species of procyonid, a member of the raccoon family, described by C. W. Hibbard in 1952 in a paper on a new Bassariscus from the Upper Pliocene of Kansas. The Paleobiology Database records five fossil occurrences, in Meade County, Kansas, and in California, Texas and Washington, and dates the species from the Zanclean to the Calabrian stages, between about 4.7 and 1.4 million years ago. The Wikipedia article on the genus Bassariscus says that the Pliocene diversification of the genus produced B. casei, one of the two extinct species it names beside the living ringtail and cacomistle.
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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 Bassariscus caseiOccurrence record, placeQuote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "California"
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Bassariscus caseiOccurrence record, placeQuote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "Kansas"
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Bassariscus caseiOccurrence record, placeQuote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "Texas"
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Bassariscus caseiOccurrence record, placeQuote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "Washington"
Sources
1. Bassariscus casei (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
†B. casei Hibbard, 1952
Child Taxon Of: Procyonidae, Extinct taxa, listed under Procyonidae
†B. casei Hibbard, 1952
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