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Enhydrocyon basilatus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Enhydrocyon basilatus was named by Cope (1879) [type is from "Haystack Valley" in either the Kimberly or Haystack Valley members of the John Day Formation]. Its type specimen is AMNH 6904, a mandible (anterior half of mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is John Day (non-specific), which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in the John Day Formation of Oregon.

It was recombined as Hyaenocyon basilatus by Cope (1879), Wortman and Matthew (1899) and Hay (1902).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Hyaenocyon basilatus Cope
1879Enhydrocyon basilatus Cope p. 57
1899Hyaenocyon basilatus Wortman and Matthew p. 130
1902Hyaenocyon basilatus Hay p. 770
1907Enhydrocyon basilatus Matthew
1994Enhydrocyon basilatus Wang p. 99
2008Enhydrocyon basilatus Wang et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyHesperocyoninaeTedford 1978
genusEnhydrocyon
speciesbasilatus

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.

†Enhydrocyon basilatus Cope 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:28:06
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: Harrisonian or 24.80000 to 18.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Oregon) Enhydrocyon basilatus (type locality: 180202)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Enhydrocyon basilatus (17801)