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Taxonomy
Enhydrocyon crassidens was named by Matthew (1907). Its type specimen is AMNH 12886, a partial skeleton (skull, lower jaws, and partial postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Monroe Creek (AMNH Rosebud 12), which is in a Monroecreekian terrestrial horizon in the Monroe Creek Formation of South Dakota.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1907 | Enhydrocyon crassidens Matthew |
| 1994 | Enhydrocyon crassidens Wang p. 95 |
| 2008 | Enhydrocyon crassidens 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.
†Enhydrocyon crassidens Matthew 1907
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Arikareean to the top of the Harrisonian or 29.50000 to 18.50000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Geringian | USA (South Dakota) | Enhydrocyon crassidens (17638) | |
| Arikareean | USA (South Dakota) | Enhydrocyon crassidens (17447) | |
| Monroecreekian | USA (South Dakota) | Enhydrocyon crassidens (type locality: 17547) | |
| Harrisonian | USA (Wyoming) | Enhydrocyon crassidens (17794 17813 17815) | |
| Harrisonian | USA (South Dakota) | Enhydrocyon crassidens (17455 17743) |