Enhydra macrodonta Kilmer 1972 (sea otter)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Full reference: F. H. Kilmer. 1972. A new species of sea otter from the late Pleistocene of northwestern California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 71(3):150-157

Belongs to Enhydra according to Kilmer 1972

See also Kurten and Anderson 1980

Sister taxa: Enhydra lutris, Enhydra reevei

Type specimen: CSU-Humbolt 745-1, a mandible. Its type locality is Crannell Junction, which is in a Rancholabrean marine sandstone in California.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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