Cyonasua longirostris is an extinct species of procyonid, a member of the raccoon family, described by Carlo Rovereto in 1914 in his work on the Araucanian strata and their fossils, and placed in the genus Cyonasua, the dog-coati. The Paleobiology Database records three fossil occurrences in Argentina, in Buenos Aires Province and La Pampa Province, and dates the species from the Tortonian to the Zanclean stages, between about 8 and 5 million years ago. The database also lists Amphinasua longirostris as an earlier name for it.
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 longirostrisOccurrence record, placeQuote, Occurrence record, place
"cc": "AR"
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Cyonasua longirostrisOccurrence record, placeQuote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "Buenos Aires"
Sources
1. Cyonasua longirostris (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. longirostris (Rovereto, 1914)
Child Taxon Of: Procyonidae, Extinct taxa, listed under Procyonidae
†C. longirostris (Rovereto, 1914)
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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