Paralutra Roman and Viret 1934 (otter)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Full reference: F. Roman and J. Viret. 1934. La faune de mammiferes du Burdigalien de la Romieu. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France 21:1-67

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

See also Carroll 1988, Pickford 2007, Willemsen 1983 and Willemsen 1992

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

Subtaxa: Paralutra garganensis Paralutra jaegeri Paralutra lorteti Paralutra transdanubica

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Type: Lutra lorteti

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of France (2 collections), Hungary (1), Italy (2), Spain (1)

Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences

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