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Satherium piscinarium

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Lutra piscinaria was named by Leidy (1873). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Lutra (Satherium) piscinaria by Gazin (1934); it was recombined as Satherium piscinarium by Barbour and Schultz (1937), Bjork (1973), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Willemsen (1992) and Prevosti and Ferrero (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Lutra piscinaria Leidy pp. 230, 316
1902Lutra piscinaria Hay p. 769
1934Lutra (Satherium) piscinaria Gazin p. 144 figs. Fig. 3
1937Satherium piscinarium Barbour and Schultz
1973Satherium piscinarium Bjork
1980Satherium piscinarium Kurten and Anderson p. 158
1992Satherium piscinarium Willemsen p. 114
2008Satherium piscinarium Prevosti and Ferrero

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyMustelidaeFischer 1817
subfamilyLutrinaeBaird 1857
tribeLutriniGray 1865
genusSatheriumGazin 1934
speciespiscinarium()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Satherium piscinarium Leidy 1873
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:38:29
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Blancan to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 4.90000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Idaho) Satherium piscinarium (181255)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) Satherium piscinaria (19955) Satherium priscinaria (19963)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Satherium piscinarium (19936)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nevada) Satherium ingens (20002)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Washington) Satherium piscinarium (20062)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) Satherium sp. (19752)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Idaho) Lutra ingens (19913) Lutra piscinaria (19808) Satherium piscinarium (19812 19815 19816 19817 19818 19819 19831 19838 19839 19842 19848 19853 19855 19860 19863 19866 19867 19868 19870 19871 19876 19878 19880 19883 19884 19888 19889 19890 19893 19897 19899 19903 19906 19915)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Satherium piscinarium (98313)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Satherium piscinarium (20308)