Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Full reference: E. L. Furlong. 1932. A new genus of otter from the Pliocene of the northern Great Basin province. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 418(5):93-103
Belongs to Lutravus according to E. L. Furlong 1932
See also Willemsen 1992
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CIT 478, a partial skull (an anterior portion of a skull with superior teeth represented, except the incisors and first premolars.). Its type locality is Thousand Creek Formation, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Thousand Creek Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (2: Nevada, Oregon collections)
• Miocene of United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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