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Aonyx (clawless otter)
Taxonomy
Aonyx was named by Lesson (1827). It is extant.
It was assigned to Aonychini by Pickford (2007); to Mustelidae by Kurten (1968), Carroll (1988) and Werdelin and Peigne (2010); and to Lutrinae by Marmi et al. (2004) and Law et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Aonychini by Pickford (2007); to Mustelidae by Kurten (1968), Carroll (1988) and Werdelin and Peigne (2010); and to Lutrinae by Marmi et al. (2004) and Law et al. (2018).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1827 | Aonyx Lesson p. 157 |
1860 | Anahyster Murray p. 157 |
1968 | Aonyx Kurten p. 105 |
1988 | Aonyx Carroll |
2004 | Aonyx Marmi et al. p. 492 |
2007 | Aonyx Pickford p. 122 figs. Fig. 23 |
2010 | Aonyx Werdelin and Peigne p. 619 |
2018 | Aonyx Law et al. |
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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.
G. Aonyx Lesson 1827 [clawless otter]
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†Aonyx antiqua Blainville 1841
†Aonyx aonychoides Zdansky 1924
Aonyx capensis Schinz 1821 [African clawless otter]
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Invalid names: Aonyx delalandi Lesson 1827 [synonym], Lutra inunguis Cuvier 1823 [synonym]
Aonyx cinerea Illiger 1815 [Oriental small-clawed otter]
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Invalid names: Lutra leptonyx Horsfield 1823 [synonym]
†Aonyx congica Lonnberg 1910
Invalid names: Anahyster Murray 1860 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Gingerich 2003, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma
Collections (29 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Messinian - Piacenzian | South Africa (Cape) | Aonyx sp. (59167) | |
Pliocene | Ethiopia (Afar) | Aonyx capensis (70907) | |
Zanclean - Calabrian | Kenya | Aonyx sp. (21399 21506) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | South Africa | Aonyx capensis (21824) | |
Gelasian - Calabrian | Kenya | Aonyx sp. (21377) | |
Pleistocene | South Africa | Aonyx capensis (21825 21828 21916 21929 21931 21956) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Aonyx sp. (22098) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Zambia | Aonyx capensis (21924) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | South Africa | Aonyx capensis (21951) | |
Calabrian | Tanzania | Aonyx sp. (22041 22064) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Netherlands | Aonyx antiqua (109704) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | South Africa | Aonyx capensis (115167) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Philippines | Amblonyx cinereus (194835 194836) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Aonyx sp. (22066) | |
Holocene | South Africa (Orange Free) | Aonyx capensis (21943 21944) | |
Holocene | South Africa (N. Transraal) | Aonyx capensis (21693) | |
Holocene | South Africa | Aonyx capensis (21918 21946 96973) | |
Holocene | Vietnam | Aonyx cinerea (32904) |