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Sivaonyx hendeyi

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy

Sivaonyx hendeyi was named by Morales et al. (2005). Its type specimen is PQ-L 50000, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2005	Sivaonyx hendeyi Morales et al.
2008	Sivaonyx hendeyi Peigne et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes

Rank	Name	Author
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Ferae	()
—	Carnivoramorpha	Wyss and Flynn 1993
—	Carnivoraformes	Flynn et al.
order	Carnivora
suborder	Caniformia	Kretzoi 1943
infraorder	Canoidea	(Simpson 1931)
superfamily	Arctoidea	Flower 1869
—	Mustelida
family	Mustelidae	Fischer 1817
subfamily	Lutrinae	Baird 1857
genus	Sivaonyx	Pilgrim 1931
species	hendeyi	Morales et al. 2005

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.

†Sivaonyx hendeyi Morales et al. 2005

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

scansorialf

Diet:

carnivoref

Diet 2:

omnivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-06-08 10:11:09

Modified:

2005-08-22 19:38:29

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Miocene to the top of the Pliocene or 23.03000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene	23.03 - 2.588	South Africa	Sivaonyx hendeyi (22220)