Sardolutra

Sardolutra ichnusae is an extinct species of otter from the Late Pleistocene of Sardinia. It was originally described as Nesolutra ichnusae.[2] It was a rather small species of otter, probably living in the sea. Among its characteristics is a relatively very large baculum, larger than in any living otter. The species probably evolved from a species of Lutra, maybe L. castiglionis.[3]

Sardolutra
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene
Skull of the Sardolutra ichnusae holotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Genus: Sardolutra
Willemsen, 1992[1]
Species:
S. ichnusae
Binomial name
Sardolutra ichnusae
Malatesta, 1977
Synonyms

Nesolutra ichnusae

References

  1. "Sardolutra". Fossilworks.
  2. A. Malatesta (1977). "The skeleton of Nesolutra ichnusae sp n a Quaternary otter discovered in Sardinia". Geologica Romana. 16: 173–209.
  3. G.F. Willemsen (1992). "A revision of the Pliocene and Quaternary Lutrinae from Europe". Scripta Geologica. 101: 1–115.


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