Drassonax
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Drassonax Temporal range: Oligocene |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Caniformia |
| Superfamily: | Arctoidea |
| Family: | Amphicyonidae |
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†Drassonax Galbreath (1953) |
Drassonax is an extinct genus of small, weasel-like bear dogs, of the family Amphicyonidae endemic to North America during the Oligocene living from 33.9—33.3 Ma and existed for approximately 0.6 million years.
Drassonax was named by Galbreath (1953). Its type species is Drassonax harpagops. It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Galbreath (1953) and Baskin and Tedford (1996); and to Phocoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997).
A single specimen was examined by Legendre and Roth for body mass and was estimated to weigh 1.42 kg (3.1 lb).
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