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 | |
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.