Biology:Satherium
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Short description: Extinct genus of mustelid
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Chordata |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Mammalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Carnivora |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Mustelidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Lutrinae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | †Satherium Gazin, 1934[2] |
| Type species | |
| †Satherium piscinarium (Leidy, 1873)
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Satherium ingens Gazin, 1934 | |
Satherium is an extinct genus of otters that lived in North America during the Pliocene and Pleistocene. Two species are known, Satherium piscinarium and Satherium ingens.
S. piscinarium was originally classified as a species of Lutra. The giant otter of South America is considered the closest living relative of this genus.[3]
References
- ↑ Alroy, John, PaleoDB collection 20308, March 26, 1995, De Soto Shell Pit, Caloosahatchee Formation, DeSoto County, Florida
- ↑ "Satherium". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=41166.
- ↑ Prevosti, Francisco J.; Ferrero, Brenda S. (2008). "A Pleistocene giant river otter from Argentina: remarks on the fossil record and phylogenetic analysis". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 (4): 1171-1181. doi:10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1171.
Wikidata ☰ Q19758218 entry
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