Sivaonyx gandakasensis Pickford 2007 (otter)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Full reference: M. Pickford. 2007. Revision of the Mio-Pliocene bunodont otter-like mammals of the Indian Subcontinent. Estudios Geologicos 63(1):83-127

Belongs to Sivaonyx according to M. Pickford 2007

Sister taxa: Sivaonyx africanus, Sivaonyx bathygnathus, Sivaonyx beyi, Sivaonyx ekecaman, Sivaonyx hendeyi, Sivaonyx hessicus, Sivaonyx kamuhangirei, Sivaonyx lehmani, Sivaonyx senutae, Sivaonyx soriae

Type specimen: GSP 4225, a mandible (right mandible with c, p1-4, m1, alvelus of m2). Its type locality is Locality 182, which is in a Tortonian terrestrial horizon in the Nagria Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Pakistan (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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