Cyonasua brevirostris is an extinct species of procyonid, a member of the raccoon family, described by Moreno and Mercerat in 1891 under the genus Amphinasua and now placed in Cyonasua, the dog-coati. The Paleobiology Database records two fossil occurrences in Argentina, in Catamarca Province and in the Atreuco area of La Pampa Province, and dates the species from the Tortonian to the Piacenzian stages, between about 8 and 3 million years ago. The Wikipedia article on the genus describes Cyonasua as a generalized terrestrial omnivore with some ability to dig and climb, the earliest undisputed southward migrant of the Great American Interchange.
Facts
Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Conservation Status Body Size Band Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Procyonidae (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
Found In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Cyonasua brevirostrisOccurrence record, placeQuote, Occurrence record, place
"cc": "AR"
Sources
1. Cyonasua brevirostris (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. brevirostris (Moreno & Mercerat, 1891) [=Amphinasua brevirostris Moreno & Mercerat, 1891]
Child Taxon Of: Procyonidae, Extinct taxa, listed under Procyonidae
†C. brevirostris (Moreno & Mercerat, 1891) [=Amphinasua brevirostris Moreno & Mercerat, 1891]
View the Source3. Cyonasua (Wikipedia)
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Cyonasua was much larger than any extant procyonid, weighing about 15-25 kg, about the same size as a medium-sized dog.
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