Teruelictis riparius Salesa et al. 2013 (otter)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Full reference: M. J. Salesa, M. Antón, G. Siliceo, M. D. Pesquero, J. Morales and L. Alcalá. 2013. A non-aquatic otter (Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae) from the Late Miocene (Vallesian, MN 10) of La Roma 2 (Alfambra, Teruel, Spain): systematics and functional anatomy. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169:448-482

Belongs to Teruelictis according to M. J. Salesa et al. 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: RO-4941, a mandible. Its type locality is La Roma 2, which is in a MN 10 terrestrial claystone in the Alfambra Formation of Spain.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at La Roma 2

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