Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Parent taxon: Lutrinae according to M. Pickford 2007
See also Baskin 1998, Willemsen 1983 and Willemsen 1992
Sister taxa: Aonychini, Aonyx, Aonyxini, Enhydra, Enhydrini, Enhydriodon, Enhydriodontini, Enhydritherium, Hydrictis, Lontra, Lutra, Lutraeximia, Lutrictis, Lutrogale, Megencephalon, Paludolutra, Paralutra, Pteronura, Siamogale, Sivaonyx, Teruelictis, Tyrrhenolutra, Vishnuonyx
Subtaxa: Algarolutra Cyrnolutra Limnonyx Megalenhydris Mionictis Sardolutra Satherium
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Italy (4), United States (2: Florida)
• Blancan of United States (42: Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Washington)
• Pliocene of United States (1: Idaho)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Miocene of China (1), France (4), Italy (1), Moldova (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Turkey (1), United States (17: California, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 79 collections including 81 occurrences