Megencephalon Osborn et al. 1878 (otter)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Full reference: H. F. Osborn, W. B. Scott, and F. Speir. 1878. Palaeontological Report of the Princeton Scientific Expedition of 1877. Contributions from the Museum of Geology and Archæology of Princeton College 1:1-146

Parent taxon: Lutrinae according to O. P. Hay 1902

See also Osborn et al. 1878

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

Subtaxa: Megencephalon primaevus

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Type: Megencephalon primaevus

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Megencephalon in the database

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