Enhydriodon hendeyi Morales et al. 2005 (otter)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Full reference: J. Morales, M. Pickford, and D. Soria. 2005. Carnivores from the Late Miocene and basal Pliocene of the Tugen Hills, Kenya. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España 18(1-2):39-61

Belongs to Enhydriodon according to J. Morales et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Amyxodon, Enhydriodon aethiopicus, Enhydriodon africanus, Enhydriodon dikikae, Enhydriodon falconeri, Enhydriodon latipes, Enhydriodon sivalensis

Type specimen: PQ-L 50000, a mandible. Its type locality is Langebaanweg unspecified Pliocene quarries, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Langebaanweg unspecified Pliocene quarries

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