Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Full reference: K. A. Prassack. 2016. Lontra weiri, sp. nov., a Pliocene River Otter (Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae, Lutrinae) from the Hagerman Fossil Beds (Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument), Idaho, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(4):e1149075
Belongs to Lontra according to K. A. Prassack 2016
Sister taxa: Lontra canadensis, Lontra felina, Lontra longicaudis, Lontra provocax
Type specimen: IMNH 38647, a mandible (right dentary with c-m1). Its type locality is Hagerman (HAFO Locality 068 = IMNH Locality 85005), which is in a Pliocene floodplain horizon in the Glenns Ferry Formation of Idaho.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (2: Idaho collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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