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Enhydriodon

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy

Species lacking formal opinion data
Sister genera
Amyxodon

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Amyxodon Falconer and Cautley
1868Enhydriodon Falconer
1962Enhydriodon Crusafont-Pairo and Golpe p. 11
1974Enhydriodon Hendey p. 72
1980Enhydriodon Kurten and Anderson p. 159
1988Enhydriodon Carroll
1992Enhydriodon Willemsen p. 115
2002Enhydriodon Sepkoski
2004Enhydriodon Geraads et al. p. 169
2007Enhydriodon Pickford p. 103
2018Enhydriodon Wang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
Pancarnivora
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
Mustelida
familyMustelidaeBatsch 1788
subfamilyLutrinaeBaird 1857
genusEnhydriodonFalconer 1868

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.

G. †Enhydriodon Falconer 1868
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Enhydriodon aethiopicus Geraads et al. 2004
Enhydriodon africanus Stromer 1931
Enhydriodon dikikae Geraads et al. 2011
Enhydriodon falconeri Pilgrim 1932
Enhydriodon hendeyi Morales et al. 2005
Enhydriodon latipes Pilgrim 1931
Enhydriodon sivalensis Falconer 1868
Invalid names: Amyxodon Falconer and Cautley 1835 [nomen nudum]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Calabrian or 7.24600 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58South Africa E. africanus (22224)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Pakistan E. falconeri (92069)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6Ethiopia E. sp. (22139)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') E. sp. (174455)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Kenya E. iluecai (22274) E. sp. (22316)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.58South Africa (Cape) E. africanus (59167)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6South Africa (Western Cape) E. hendeyi (192080)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kenya E. sp. (230939)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia E. dikikae (107488)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya E. campani (22277) E. sp. (22234)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya (Turkana District) E. sp. (21336)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa E. africanus (22221 22222)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58China (Yunnan) E. falconeri (42561)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Uganda E. sp. (22262)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ethiopia E. sp. (21754 21755)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Kenya E. campani (22267)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Egypt E. sp. (22592)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58India E. sivalensis (92072)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58South Africa (Langebaanweg) E. africanus (21713)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Pakistan E. falconeri (92071)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia E. sp. (21783 21785)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Chad E. sp. (22506)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Pakistan E. sivalensis, E. falconeri (92070)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Kenya E. sp. (32053)