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Lutraeximia
Taxonomy
Lutraeximia was named by Cherin et al. (2016). Its type is Lutraeximia umbra.
It was assigned to Lutrinae by Cherin et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Lutrinae by Cherin et al. (2016).
Species
L. trinacriae, L. umbra (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2016 | Lutraeximia Cherin et al. p. 93 |
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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.
G. †Lutraeximia Cherin et al. 2016
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†Lutraeximia trinacriae Burgio and Fiore 1988
†Lutraeximia umbra Cherin et al. 2016
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. Cherin et al. 2016 | Lutrinae with cranium relatively short and large; postorbital constriction slightly shorter than its wider section and with a small narrowing in the caudal end; muzzle short and with a nearly vertical rostral margin in lateral view; M1 relatively smaller than P4. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.78100 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Italy | L. umbra (189026) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | Italy | Lutra trinacriae (215281) | |
| Pleistocene | Italy (Sicily) | Nesolutra trinacriae (92437) |