Cyonasua References Navigation menu"The Great American Biotic Interchange: Dispersals, Tectonics, Climate, Sea Level and Holding Pens"10.1007/s10914-010-9144-8298755621125025Cyonasua44417784125548330721093939expanding ite
Prehistoric procyonidsPrehistoric mammal generaMiocene musteloidsMiocene mammals of South AmericaPliocene mammals of South AmericaChapadmalalanMontehermosanHuayquerianNeogene ArgentinaFossils of ArgentinaItuzaingó FormationNeogene VenezuelaFossils of VenezuelaFossil taxa described in 1885Taxa named by Florentino AmeghinoPrehistoric carnivoran stubs
procyonidgenusLate MioceneLate PlioceneArgentinaItuzaingóEpecuénHuayqueríasCerro Azul FormationsVenezuelaSan Gregorio FormationSouth AmericaGreekdogcoatiCentral Americaisland hoppingGreat American Interchangeterror birdscarnivorous metatherians
Cyonasua Temporal range: Late Miocene-Late Pliocene (Huayquerian-Chapadmalalan) ~7.3–3 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Procyonidae |
| Genus: | †Cyonasua Ameghino 1885 |
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Cyonasua is an extinct procyonid genus from the Late Miocene to Late Pliocene of Argentina (Ituzaingó, Epecuén, Huayquerías and Cerro Azul Formations) and Venezuela (San Gregorio Formation), South America (7.3[1] to 3 million years ago).[2] Its name in Greek means dog-coati because its features resemble those of a dog and a coati. Its ancestors likely arrived from Central America by island hopping, as perhaps the earliest southward mammalian migrants of the Great American Interchange. Its predators were terror birds and carnivorous metatherians. It possibly evolved into the bear-like Chapalmalania.
References
^ Woodburne, M. O. (2010-07-14). "The Great American Biotic Interchange: Dispersals, Tectonics, Climate, Sea Level and Holding Pens". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 17 (4): 245–264. doi:10.1007/s10914-010-9144-8. PMC 2987556. PMID 21125025..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ Cyonasua at Fossilworks.org
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