Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1952. A New Bassariscus From the Upper Pliocene of Kansas. Journal of Mammalogy 33(3):379-381
Belongs to Bassariscus according to J. A. Baskin 2004
See also Alroy 2002 and Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: Bassariscus albipes, Bassariscus antiquus, Bassariscus astutus, Bassariscus lycopotamicus, Bassariscus minimus, Bassariscus ogallalae, Bassariscus parvus, Bassariscus rexroadensis, Bassariscus sumichrasti
Type specimen: UMMP 29169, a mandible (right ramus and part of the left maxillary). Its type locality is Rexroad KU Locality 3, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: arboreal frugivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (5: California, Kansas, Texas, Washington collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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