Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Alternative combinations: Lutra (Satherium) piscinaria, Lutra piscinaria
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1873. Part I. Contributions to the extinct vertebrate fauna of the western territories. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1:1-358
Belongs to Satherium according to F. J. Prevosti and B. S. Ferrero 2008
See also Barbour and Schultz 1937, Bjork 1973, Gazin 1934, Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Leidy 1873 and Willemsen 1992
Sister taxon: Satherium ingens
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida collections)
• Blancan of United States (42: Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Washington)
• Pliocene of United States (1: Idaho)
Total: 45 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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