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Enhydritherium

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Enhydritherium Berta and Morgan
1988Enhydritherium Carroll
1998Enhydritherium Baskin p. 161
2002Enhydritherium Sepkoski
2007Enhydritherium Pickford p. 122
2017Enhydritherium Tseng et al. figs. SI 2

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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
genusEnhydritherium

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. †Enhydritherium Berta and Morgan 1985
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†Enhydritherium terraenovae Berta and Morgan 1985
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, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Zanclean or 10.30000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Enhydriodon lluecai (19461 19462)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Florida) E. terraenovae (18505)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Enhydriodon sp. (18601) E. sp. (18564) E. terraenovae (18577)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) E. terraenovae (18532 18573 82621)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Zacatecas) E. terraenovae (157351)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Zanclean10.3 - 3.6USA (Florida) E. terraenovae (18535)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) E. terraenovae (19421)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) Enhydriodon sp. (19700)