Biology:Sardolutra
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Short description: Extinct genus of otter
| Sardolutra Temporal range: Late Pleistocene
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| Skull of the Sardolutra ichnusae holotype | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Genus: | †Sardolutra Willemsen, 1992[1] |
| Species: | †S. ichnusae
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| †Sardolutra ichnusae Malatesta, 1977
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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
- ↑ "Sardolutra". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=157312.
- ↑ A. Malatesta (1977). "The skeleton of Nesolutra ichnusae sp n a Quaternary otter discovered in Sardinia.". Geologica Romana 16: 173–209.
- ↑ G.F. Willemsen (1992). "A revision of the Pliocene and Quaternary Lutrinae from Europe.". Scripta Geologica 101: 1–115.
Wikidata ☰ Q7423823 entry
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