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Vishnuonyx
Taxonomy
Vishnuonyx was named by Pilgrim (1932). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Enhydrini by Willemsen (1992); to Enhydriodontini by Pickford (2007); to Mustelidae by Carroll (1988) and Werdelin and Peigne (2010); and to Lutrinae by Wang et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Enhydrini by Willemsen (1992); to Enhydriodontini by Pickford (2007); to Mustelidae by Carroll (1988) and Werdelin and Peigne (2010); and to Lutrinae by Wang et al. (2018).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1932 | Vishnuonyx Pilgrim |
| 1988 | Vishnuonyx Carroll |
| 1992 | Vishnuonyx Willemsen p. 115 |
| 2007 | Vishnuonyx Pickford p. 86 |
| 2010 | Vishnuonyx Werdelin and Peigne p. 622 |
| 2018 | Vishnuonyx Wang 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. †Vishnuonyx Pilgrim 1932
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†Vishnuonyx chinjiensis Pilgrim 1932
†Vishnuonyx neptuni Kargopoulos et al. 2021
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 11.62000 to 11.60800 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Miocene | Pakistan (Punjab) | V. chinjiensis (92063) | |
| Middle Miocene | Pakistan | V. chinjiensis (92067 92068) | |
| Tortonian | Germany (Bavaria) | V. neptuni (225322) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Kenya | V. angololensis (22241) |