Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Full reference: P. Teilhard de Chardin and J. Piveteau. 1930. Les mammifères fossiles de Nihowan (Chine). Annales de Paléontologie 19:1-154
Belongs to Lutra according to P. Teilhard de Chardin and J. Piveteau 1930
See also Willemsen 1992
Sister taxa: Lutra (Satherium), Lutra affinis, Lutra brachygnathus, Lutra bravardi, Lutra bressana, Lutra castiglionis, Lutra fatimazohrae, Lutra franconica, Lutra hessica, Lutra lutra, Lutra lybica, Lutra nippon, Lutra palaeoleptonyx, Lutra simplicidens, Lutra sumatrana, Nesolutra euxena
Type specimen: Its type locality is Nihowan, N of Sanggan River, which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene fluvial-lacustrine horizon in China
Ecology: amphibious carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Nihowan, N of Sanggan River
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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