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Enhydriodon dikikae

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Enhydriodon dikikae was named by Geraads et al. (2011). Its type specimen is DIK-56-9, a partial skull (partial skull including snout, orbits and all upper teeth except I1-2, parts of lower jaw and teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is DIK-56, which is in a Zanclean terrestrial horizon in the Hadar Formation of Ethiopia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. campani, E. iluecai

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Enhydriodon dikikae Geraads et al. p. 447 figs. Figs. 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyMustelidaeFischer 1817
subfamilyLutrinaeBaird 1857
genusEnhydriodonFalconer 1868
speciesdikikae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Enhydriodon dikikae Geraads et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available