Chapalmalania altaefrontis is an extinct species of giant procyonid, a member of the raccoon family, described by Kraglievich and Olazabal in 1959. The Wikipedia article on the genus Chapalmalania says it was originally mistaken for a bear and is in fact a large relative of the raccoons and coatis, with body mass estimated between 125 and 181 kilograms. The genus is known from Argentina, Venezuela and Colombia from the Late Miocene or Early Pliocene to the Early Pleistocene. The Paleobiology Database holds this species name with no dated occurrence of its own, so its own age and place are not recorded there.
Facts
Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Conservation Status Body Size Band Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Procyonidae (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Chapalmalania altaefrontis (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
†C. altaefrontis Kraglievich & Olazábal, 1959
Child Taxon Of: Procyonidae, Extinct taxa, listed under Procyonidae
†C. altaefrontis Kraglievich & Olazábal, 1959
View the Source3. Chapalmalania (Wikipedia)
DescriptionQuote, Description
estimated to have weighed between 125 kilograms (276 lb) to 181 kilograms (399 lb), comparable in mass to small/medium sized ursids
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