Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Full reference: A. Berta and G. S. Morgan. 1985. A new sea otter (Carnivora: Mustelidae) from the late Miocene and early Pliocene (Hemphillian) of North America. Journal of Paleontology 59(4):809-819
Belongs to Enhydritherium according to Z. J. Tseng et al. 2017
See also Berta and Morgan 1985
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Palmetto Mine, which is in a Hemphillian marginal marine sandstone in the Peace River Formation of Florida
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of Mexico (1 collection), United States (7: Florida)
• Miocene of United States (4: California, Florida)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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