Lutraeximia umbra Cherin et al. 2016 (otter)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Full reference: M. Cherin, D. A. Iurino, G. F. Willemsen and G. Carnevale. 2016. A new otter from the Early Pleistocene of Pantalla (Italy), with remarks on the evolutionary history of Mediterranean Quaternary Lutrinae (Carnivora, Mustelidae). Quaternary Science Reviews 135:92-102

Belongs to Lutraeximia according to M. Cherin et al. 2016

Sister taxon: Lutraeximia trinacriae

Type specimen: SBAU 337654, a skull. Its type locality is Pantalla, which is in a Pleistocene fluvial claystone in Italy.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Pantalla

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