Vishnuonyx neptuni Kargopoulos et al. 2021 (otter)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Full reference: N. Kargopoulos, A. Valenciano, P. Kampouridis, T. Lechner, and M. Böhme. 2021. New early late Miocene species of Vishnuonyx (Carnivora, Lutrinae) from the hominid locality of Hammerschmiede, Bavaria, Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 41(3):e1948858

Belongs to Vishnuonyx according to N. Kargopoulos et al. 2021

Sister taxon: Vishnuonyx chinjiensis

Type specimen: SNSB-BSPG 2020 XCIV- 0301, a mandible (right hemimandible with p1 alveolus and complete p2–m1). Its type locality is Hammerschmiede HAM 4, which is in a Tortonian fluvial horizon in Germany.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Hammerschmiede HAM 4

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