Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Full reference: A. Berta and G. S. Morgan. 1985. A new sea otter (Carnivora: Mustelidae) from the late Miocene and early Pliocene (Hemphillian) of North America. Journal of Paleontology 59(4):809-819
Parent taxon: Lutrinae according to Z. J. Tseng et al. 2017
See also Baskin 1998, Berta and Morgan 1985, Carroll 1988, Pickford 2007 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aonychini, Aonyxini, Enhydra, Enhydrini, Enhydriodon, Enhydriodontini, Hydrictis, Lontra, Lutra, Lutraeximia, Lutrictis, Lutrini, Lutrogale, Megencephalon, Paludolutra, Paralutra, Pteronura, Siamogale, Sivaonyx, Teruelictis, Tyrrhenolutra, Vishnuonyx
Subtaxa: Enhydritherium terraenovae
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (1: California collection)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (1), United States (7: Florida)
• Miocene of United States (4: California, Florida)
Total: 13 collections including 14 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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