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Enhydrocyon basilatus
Taxonomy
Enhydrocyon basilatus was named by Cope (1879) [type is from "Haystack Valley" in either the Kimberly or Haystack Valley members of the John Day Formation]. Its type specimen is AMNH 6904, a mandible (anterior half of mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is John Day (non-specific), which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in the John Day Formation of Oregon.
It was recombined as Hyaenocyon basilatus by Cope (1879), Wortman and Matthew (1899), Hay (1902).
It was recombined as Hyaenocyon basilatus by Cope (1879), Wortman and Matthew (1899), Hay (1902).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1879 | Hyaenocyon basilatus Cope |
| 1879 | Enhydrocyon basilatus Cope p. 57 |
| 1899 | Hyaenocyon basilatus Wortman and Matthew p. 130 |
| 1902 | Hyaenocyon basilatus Hay p. 770 |
| 1907 | Enhydrocyon basilatus Matthew |
| 1994 | Enhydrocyon basilatus Wang p. 99 |
| 2008 | Enhydrocyon basilatus Wang et al. |
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†Enhydrocyon basilatus Cope 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available