Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Alternative combinations: Lutra trinacriae, Nesolutra trinacriae
Full reference: E. Burgio and M. Fiore. 1988. Nesolutra trinacriae n. sp., lontra quaternaria della Sicilia. Bolletino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 27:259-275
Belongs to Lutraeximia according to M. Cherin et al. 2016
See also Burgio and Fiore 1988, Willemsen 1992 and Willemsen 2006
Sister taxon: Lutraeximia umbra
Type specimen: University of Palermo PS1 to PS25, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Cozzo Schinaldo, which is in a Pleistocene cave horizon in Italy.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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