Sardolutra

Sardolutra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Family:Mustelidae
Subfamily:Lutrinae
Genus:†Sardolutra
Species
  • Sardolutra ichnusae
Skull of the Sardolutra ichnusae holotype

Sardolutra ichnusae is an extinct species of otter from the late Pleistocene of Sardinia. It was originally described as Nesolutra ichnusae.[1] 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.[2]

References

  1. ↑ A. Malatesta (1977). "The skeleton of Nesolutra ichnusae sp n a Quaternary otter discovered in Sardinia". Geologica Romana. 16: 173–209.
  2. ↑ G.F. Willemsen (1992). "A revision of the Pliocene and Quaternary Lutrinae from Europe". Scripta Geologica. 101: 1–115.
  • Malatesta, A., The skeleton of Nesolutra ichnusae sp n a Quaternary otter discovered in Sardinia. Geologica Romana 16 pp. 173–209 (1977).
  • Willemsen, G.F.: A revision of the Pliocene and Quaternary Lutrinae from Europe. Scripta Geologica vol 101 (1992).


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