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Sivaonyx senutae

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Sivaonyx senutae was named by Morales and Pickford (2005). Its type specimen is Bar 1720'00, a tooth (left p4/), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kapcheberek - Tugen Hills, which is in a Messinian fluvial siltstone/sandstone in the Lukeino Formation of Kenya.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Sivaonyx senutae Morales and Pickford p. 235

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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
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
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
genusSivaonyxPilgrim 1931
speciessenutae

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Sivaonyx senutae Morales and Pickford 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available