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Taxonomy
Sunkahetanka was named by Macdonald (1963). It is not extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Enhydrocyon by Swisher (1982).
It was assigned to Canidae by Macdonald (1963) and Carroll (1988); and to Hesperocyoninae by Wang (1994), Wang and Tedford (1996) and Wang et al. (2008).
It was synonymized subjectively with Enhydrocyon by Swisher (1982).
It was assigned to Canidae by Macdonald (1963) and Carroll (1988); and to Hesperocyoninae by Wang (1994), Wang and Tedford (1996) and Wang et al. (2008).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1963 | Sunkahetanka Macdonald |
| 1988 | Sunkahetanka Carroll |
| 1994 | Sunkahetanka Wang p. 71 |
| 1996 | Sunkahetanka Wang and Tedford |
| 2008 | Sunkahetanka 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. †Sunkahetanka Macdonald 1963
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†Sunkahetanka geringensis Barbour and Schultz 1935
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Arikareean to the top of the Geringian or 29.50000 to 26.30000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geringian | USA (South Dakota) | S. geringensis (17634 17636 17641) | |
| Arikareean | USA (Nebraska) | Mesocyon geringensis (17598) | |
| Arikareean | USA (South Dakota) | Enhydrocyon geringensis (17605) |