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Lutraeximia umbra
Taxonomy
Lutraeximia umbra was named by Cherin et al. (2016). Its type specimen is SBAU 337654, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pantalla, which is in a Pleistocene fluvial claystone in Italy. It is the type species of Lutraeximia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Lutraeximia umbra Cherin et al. p. 94 figs. Fig. 1, Table 1 |
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†Lutraeximia umbra Cherin et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. Cherin et al. 2016 | A large-sized species of Lutraeximia (i.e., cranium size comparable to that of the living African clawless otter Aonyx capensis; Fig. 3a), with P1 located at the distal margin of the canine; P2 relatively small, laterally flattened, with paracone positioned mesially; concurrent presence of broad P4 with expanded and squared talon and smaller bean-shaped M1, without mesial expansion of the mesial portion of the talon. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.77400 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Italy | Lutraeximia umbra (type locality: 189026) |