Sardolutra

Sardolutra
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene
Skull of the Sardolutra ichnusae holotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Family: Mustelidae
Genus: †
Willemsen, 1992[1]
Species:
†S. ichnusae
Binomial name
†Sardolutra ichnusae
Malatesta, 1977
Synonyms

Nesolutra ichnusae

Sardolutra ichnusae is an extinct species of otter from the Late Pleistocene of Sardinia. It was originally described as Nesolutra ichnusae.[2] It was a rather small species of otter, probably living in the sea. Among its characteristics is a relatively very large baculum, larger than in any living otter. The species probably evolved from a species of Lutra, maybe L. castiglionis.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Sardolutra". Fossilworks.
  2. ^ A. Malatesta (1977). "The skeleton of Nesolutra ichnusae sp n a Quaternary otter discovered in Sardinia". Geologica Romana. 16: 173–209.
  3. ^ G.F. Willemsen (1992). "A revision of the Pliocene and Quaternary Lutrinae from Europe". Scripta Geologica. 101: 1–115.


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