Lutra brachygnathus Schlosser 1903 (otter)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Full reference: M. Schlosser. 1903. Die fossilen Saugethiere Chinas nebst einer Odontographie der recenten Antilopen. Abhandlungen der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Belongs to Lutra according to M. Schlosser 1903

Sister taxa: Lutra (Satherium), Lutra affinis, Lutra bravardi, Lutra bressana, Lutra capensis, Lutra castiglionis, Lutra cinerea, Lutra fatimazohrae, Lutra franconica, Lutra hessica, Lutra licenti, Lutra lutra, Lutra lybica, Lutra nippon, Lutra palaeoleptonyx, Lutra perspicillata, Lutra simplicidens, Lutra sumatrana, Aonyx congicus, Aonyx aonychoides, Aonyx antiqua, Nesolutra euxena

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tientsin, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial sandstone in China

Ecology: amphibious carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Tientsin

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