DIK-56 (Pliocene of Ethiopia)

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

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Enhydriodon dikikae n. sp. Geraads et al. 2011 otter