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Enhydriodon

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy

Enhydriodon was named by Falconer (1868) [type Indian E. sivalensis].

It was assigned to Enhydrini by Willemsen (1992); to Carnivora by Sepkoski (2002); to Mustelidae by Falconer (1868), Carroll (1988) and Geraads et al. (2004); to Enhydriodontini by Pickford (2007); and to Lutrinae by Crusafont-Pairo and Golpe (1962), Hendey (1974), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Wang et al. (2018).

Species

Amyxodon, E. aethiopicus, E. africanus, E. dikikae, E. falconeri, E. hendeyi, E. latipes, E. sivalensis

Species lacking formal opinion data

E. campani, E. iluecai

Sister genera

Amyxodon

Synonyms

Amyxodon was named by Falconer and Cautley (1835).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Pickford (2007).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1835	Amyxodon Falconer and Cautley
1868	Enhydriodon Falconer
1962	Enhydriodon Crusafont-Pairo and Golpe p. 11
1974	Enhydriodon Hendey p. 72
1980	Enhydriodon Kurten and Anderson p. 159
1988	Enhydriodon Carroll
1992	Enhydriodon Willemsen p. 115
2002	Enhydriodon Sepkoski
2004	Enhydriodon Geraads et al. p. 169
2007	Enhydriodon Pickford p. 103
2018	Enhydriodon Wang 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	Enhydriodon	Falconer 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, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Messinian to the top of the Calabrian or 7.24600 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (29 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene	23.03 - 2.588	South Africa	E. africanus (22224)
Tortonian - Zanclean	11.62 - 3.6	Ethiopia	E. sp. (22139)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Pakistan	E. falconeri (92069)
Turolian	8.7 - 5.333	Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast')	E. sp. (174455)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Kenya	E. iluecai (22274) E. sp. (22316)
Messinian - Piacenzian	7.246 - 2.588	South Africa (Cape)	E. africanus (59167)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Kenya	E. sp. (230939)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	South Africa (Western Cape)	E. hendeyi (192080)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Ethiopia	E. dikikae (107488)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	South Africa	E. africanus (22221 22222)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Kenya (Turkana District)	E. sp. (21336)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Kenya	E. campani (22277) E. sp. (22234)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	China (Yunnan)	E. falconeri (42561)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Uganda	E. sp. (22262)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Ethiopia	E. sp. (21754 21755)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Pakistan	E. sivalensis, E. falconeri (92070)
Zanclean - Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Kenya	E. campani (22267)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	Egypt	E. sp. (22592)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	South Africa (Langebaanweg)	E. africanus (21713)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	India	E. sivalensis (92072)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	Pakistan	E. falconeri (92071)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.588	Ethiopia	E. sp. (21783 21785)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.588	Chad	E. sp. (22506)
Gelasian - Calabrian	2.588 - 0.774	Kenya	E. sp. (32053)