Enhydritherium terraenovae Berta and Morgan 1985 (otter)

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

Belongs to Enhydritherium according to Z. J. Tseng et al. 2017

See also Berta and Morgan 1985

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Palmetto Mine, which is in a Hemphillian marginal marine sandstone in the Peace River Formation of Florida

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of Mexico (1 collection), United States (7: Florida)

• Miocene of United States (4: California, Florida)

Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences

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