Tyrrhenolutra Hurzeler 1987 (otter)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Full reference: J. Hurzeler. 1987. Die Lutrinen (Carnivora, Mammalia) aus dem Grosseto-Lignit der Toscana. Schweizerische Palaontologische Abhandlungen 110:28-48

Parent taxon: Lutrinae according to X. Wang et al. 2018

See also Hurzeler 1987, Pickford 2007 and Willemsen 1992

Sister taxa: Aonychini, Aonyxini, Enhydra, Enhydrini, Enhydriodon, Enhydriodontini, Enhydritherium, Hydrictis, Lontra, Lutra, Lutraeximia, Lutrictis, Lutrini, Lutrogale, Megencephalon, Paludolutra, Paralutra, Pteronura, Siamogale, Sivaonyx, Teruelictis, Vishnuonyx

Subtaxa: Tyrrhenolutra helbingi

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Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Baccinello V1 (Miocene of Italy)

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