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Enhydrocyon pahinsintewakpa

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Sunkahetanka pahinsintewakpa was named by Macdonald (1963). Its type specimen is SDSM 53325, a mandible (complete right ramus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sharps (SDSM V-5361), which is in a Geringian terrestrial horizon in the Sharps Formation of South Dakota.

It was synonymized subjectively with Enhydrocyon oregonensis by Swisher (1982); it was recombined as Enhydrocyon pahinsintewakpa by Wang (1994), Hayes (2000) and Wang et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Sunkahetanka pahinsintewakpa Macdonald
1994Enhydrocyon pahinsintewakpa Wang p. 89
2000Enhydrocyon pahinsintewakpa Hayes
2008Enhydrocyon pahinsintewakpa Wang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
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
speciespahinsintewakpa()

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 pahinsintewakpa Macdonald 1963
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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, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Geringian to the top of the Harrisonian or 30.80000 to 20.43000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (South Dakota) Enhydrocyon crassidens (17636) Sunkahetanka pahinsintewakpa (type locality: 17637)
Arikareean30.8 - 20.43USA (Florida) Enhydrocyon pahinsintewakpa (17476)
Arikareean30.8 - 20.43USA (Wyoming) Enhydrocyon pahinsintewakpa (17472 17532 17667)
Monroecreekian26.3 - 24.8USA (South Dakota) Enhydrocyon crassidens (17554 17564 17723)
Harrisonian24.8 - 20.43USA (Nebraska) Enhydrocyon pahinsintewakpa (17704)