Arctonasua
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Arctonasua Temporal range: Miocene |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Superfamily: | Musteloidea |
| Family: | Procyonidae |
| Subfamily: | Procyoninae |
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†Arctonasua Baskin, 1982 |
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Arctonasua is an extinct genus of raccoon-like procyonid of the Miocene, endemic to North America living from ~17.3—8.4 Mya, existing for approximately 8.9 million years.
Procyonidae includes the raccoons, coatis, kinkajous, olingos, ringtails and cacomistles. Procyonids inhabit a wide range of environments, and are generally omnivorous.
A. eurybates was named by Baskin (1982). Its type locality is ZXBar, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Snake Creek Formation of Nebraska.
Body mass
A single specimen was examined by Legendre and Roth for body mass.
Fossil distribution
A. floridana was named by Baskin (1982) as a genotype. Its type locality is Love Bone Bed, which is in a Clarendonian marginal marine horizon in the Alachua Formation of Florida. It is the type species of Arctonasua.
Body mass
A single specimen was examined by Legendre and Roth for body mass.
Fossil distribution
A. fricki was named by Baskin (1982).
Fossil distribution
A. gracilis was named by Baskin (1982).
Body mass
A single specimen was examined by Legendre and Roth for body mass.
Fossil distribution
A minima was named by Baskin (1982).
Body mass
A single specimen was examined by Legendre and Roth for body mass.
Fossil distribution
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