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Taxonomy
Enaliarctos mitchelli was named by Barnes (1979). Its type specimen is UCMP 100391, a partial skull (anterior half of skull lacking teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pyramid Hill, upper concretion-bearing bed, which is in an Aquitanian marine sandstone in the Jewett Formation of California.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1979 | Enaliarctos mitchelli Barnes p. 12 figs. Figs. 3-5 |
| 1989 | Enaliarctos mitchelli Barnes p. 23 |
| 1991 | Enaliarctos mitchelli Berta p. 19 |
| 2003 | Enaliarctos mitchelli Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3 |
| 2008 | Enaliarctos mitchelli Barnes p. 527 |
| 2018 | Enaliarctos mitchelli Berta et al. p. 205 figs. Fig. 1 |
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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.
†Enaliarctos mitchelli Barnes 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carreño and Cronin 1993 | |||||
Age range: Aquitanian or 23.04000 to 20.45000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Aquitanian | USA (Oregon) | Enaliarctos mitchelli (59056) | |
| Aquitanian | USA (California) | Enaliarctos mitchelli (type locality: 19485) |