Cyonasua clausa is an extinct species of procyonid, a member of the raccoon family, described by Florentino Ameghino in 1904 under the genus Pachynasua and now placed in Cyonasua, the dog-coati. The Paleobiology Database records one fossil occurrence, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, and dates it to the Zanclean stage of the Pliocene, between about 5 and 3.8 million years ago. The Wikipedia article on the genus says its teeth point to an omnivore that was more carnivorous than most living procyonids but less so than the ringtails.
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 clausaOccurrence record, placeQuote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "Buenos Aires"
Sources
1. Cyonasua clausa (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. clausa (Ameghino, 1904) [=Pachynasua clausa Ameghino, 1904]
Child Taxon Of: Procyonidae, Extinct taxa, listed under Procyonidae
†C. clausa (Ameghino, 1904) [=Pachynasua clausa Ameghino, 1904]
View the Source3. Cyonasua (Wikipedia)
LeadQuote, Lead
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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