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Enhydra macrodonta

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Enhydra macrodonta was named by Kilmer (1972). Its type specimen is CSU-Humbolt 745-1, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Crannell Junction, which is in a Rancholabrean marine sandstone in California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Enhydra macrodonta Kilmer
1980Enhydra macrodonta Kurten and Anderson p. 160

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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
genusEnhydraFleming 1822
speciesmacrodonta

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.

†Enhydra macrodonta Kilmer 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available