Where: Ethiopia (11.1° N, 40.7° E: paleocoordinates 10.9° N, 40.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Basal Member (Hadar Formation), Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. Geraads, Z. Alemseged, R. Bobe and D. Reed. 2011. Enhydriodon dikikae, sp. nov. (Carnivora: Mammalia), a gigantic otter from the Pliocene of Dikika, lower Awash, Ethiopia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(2):447-453 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 107488: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.04.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Enhydriodon dikikae n. sp.
Enhydriodon dikikae n. sp. Geraads et al. 2011 otter |