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Lutrini

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Lutrini was named by Gray (1865). It is extant.

It was assigned to Melinae by Baskin (1998); and to Lutrinae by Willemsen (1983), Willemsen (1992) and Pickford (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Lutrini Gray p. 161
1983Lutrini Willemsen p. 2
1992Lutrini Willemsen p. 11
1998Lutrini Baskin p. 161
2007Lutrini Pickford p. 122 figs. Fig. 23

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—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
tribeLutriniGray 1865

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.

Tr. Lutrini Gray 1865
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†Algarolutra majori Malatesta 1978
G. †Cyrnolutra Pereira and Salotti 2000
G. †Limnonyx Crusafont Pairo 1950
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†Limnonyx pontica Nordmann 1860
Limnonyx sinerizi Crusafont Pairo 1950
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†Megalenhydris barbaricina Willemsen and Malatesta 1987
G. †Mionictis Matthew 1924
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†Mionictis angustidens Hall 1930
†Mionictis artenensis Ginsburg 1968
†Mionictis dubia de Blainville 1841
†Mionictis elegans Matthew 1924
†Mionictis incertus Matthew 1924
†Mionictis letifer Cook and Macdonald 1962
†Mionictis pristinus Matthew and Gidley 1904
G. †Sardolutra Willemsen 1992
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†Sardolutra ichnusae Malatesta 1977
G. †Satherium Gazin 1934
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†Satherium ingens Gazin 1934
†Satherium piscinarium Leidy 1873
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: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 16.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (79 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Saudi Arabia Mionictis sp. (47069)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Mionictis letifer (17980)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Centre) Mionictis artenensis (69116)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Gers) Mionictis artenensis (69099)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Alsac) Mionictis artenensis (69106)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Brachypsalis pristinus (18284) Mionictis sp. (18109 18442)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Mionictis elegans (17911) Mionictis incertus (17904)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Montana) Mionictis sp. (18803)
Barstovian - Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Mionictis sp. (18235)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France (Midi-Pyrenees) Mionictis dubia (32191)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333China (Nei Mongol) Mionictis sp. (28781)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Moldova (Chișinău) Limnonyx pontica (210590)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Moldova Lutra pontica (57734)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Brachypsalis pristinus (18060) Lutra pristina (18197)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) Brachypsalis angustidens (19393)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nevada) Lutra sp. (18835 18987)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (South Dakota) Brachypsalis pristinus (18473)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Kansas) Plesiogulo sp. (18450)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Texas) Mionictis sp. (18244)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Oregon) Lutra sp. (19036)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) Mionictis dubia (39709)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy (L'Aquila) Lutrini indet. (188761)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey Lutra pontica (56563)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Mionictis sp. (18126)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Idaho) Satherium piscinarium (181255)
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)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nevada) Satherium ingens (20002)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) Satherium piscinaria (19955) Satherium priscinaria (19963)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Washington) Satherium piscinarium (20062)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Satherium piscinarium (19936)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) Satherium sp. (19752)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Satherium piscinarium (98313)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy Megalenhydris barbaricina, Sardolutra ichnusae, Algarolutra majori (215273)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Cyrnaonyx majori (92675)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Italy (Sardegna) Nesolutra ichnusae (34769)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Satherium piscinarium (20308)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117France Algarolutra majori (215276)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Megalenhydris barbaricina (92311)