Nasua pronarica is an extinct species of coati, a member of the raccoon family, described by W. W. Dalquest in 1978 from the Beck Ranch local fauna of Scurry County, Texas, which he dated to the early Blancan land mammal age. The Paleobiology Database records this one occurrence and dates the species from the Zanclean to the Calabrian stages, between about 4.7 and 1.4 million years ago. It belongs to the genus Nasua, which also holds the living South American and white-nosed coatis, and the Wikipedia article on the family lists it among the extinct taxa of that genus.
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Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Procyonidae (Wikipedia)
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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Nasua pronaricaOccurrence record, placeQuote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "Texas"
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1. Nasua pronarica (Paleobiology Database)
Taxon record, last appearance
"lastapp_min_ma": "1.4"
Ecospace record, environment
"taxon_environment": "terrestrial"
Ecospace record, diet, taken from Nasua
"diet": "carnivore, omnivore"
In Group: Mustelids, Procyonids And Other Carnivorans, Taxon record, classification order
"order": "Carnivora"
View the Source2. Procyonidae (Wikipedia)
Extinct taxa
†N. pronarica Dalquest, 1978
Child Taxon Of: Procyonidae, Extinct taxa, listed under Procyonidae
†N. pronarica Dalquest, 1978
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