Bassariscus, COUES, 1887

Maguire, Kaitlin Clare & Schmitz, Joshua X. Samuels and Mark D., 2022, The fauna and chronostratigraphy of the middle Miocene Mascall type area, John Day Basin, Oregon, USA, PaleoBios 35, pp. 1-51 : 16

BASSARISCUS COUES, 1887

? Bassariscus lycopotamicus COPE, 1879

Referred specimen —No specimen number available.

Occurrence —“Loup Fork of Cottonwood Creek” ( Cope 1879, p.67).

Description —The type specimen, a lower jaw described by Cope (1879), has been lost but is figured in Cope and Matthew (1915). Gregory and Downs (1951) provide the taxonomic history of this specimen. They also provide a thorough description of the specimen and assign it to? B. lycopotamicus .

Remarks — Cope (1879) only mentions “Loup Fork of Cottonwood Creek” for locality information, therefore making it impossible to assign this specimen to either the Mascall or the Rattlesnake Formation. Gregory and Downs (1951) mention a second specimen attributable to this species from Paulina Creek (YPM 14313), but state their uncertainty of whether it came from Miocene or Pliocene deposits.