Lutra simplicidens Thenius 1965 (otter)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Belongs to Lutra according to M. Cherin 2017

See also Kurten 1968, Willemsen 1992 and Willemsen 2006

Sister taxa: Lutra (Satherium), Lutra affinis, Lutra brachygnathus, Lutra bravardi, Lutra bressana, Lutra capensis, Lutra castiglionis, Lutra cinerea, Lutra fatimazohrae, Lutra franconica, Lutra hessica, Lutra licenti, Lutra lutra, Lutra lybica, Lutra nippon, Lutra palaeoleptonyx, Lutra perspicillata, Lutra sumatrana, Nesolutra euxena, Aonyx aonychoides, Aonyx congicus, Aonyx antiqua

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hundsheim bei Hainburg, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Austria

Ecology: amphibious carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), Germany (3), Greece (1), Italy (1), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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