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DRASSONAX
(drass-oh-nacks)
Named By: Galbreath in 1953
Time Period: Oligocene
Location: USA, Colorado - Cedar Creek
Size: Weight estimated around 1.4 kilograms
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Single individual specimen
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Carniora | Caniformia | Amphicyonidae |
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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.

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