| Lutraeximia | |
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| Reconstruction of L. umbra | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Genus: | †Lutraeximia Cherin et al., 2016 |
| Binomial name | |
| †Lutraeximia umbra (Cherin, 2016) | |
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Lutraeximia is an extinct genus of otter from the Early Pliocene (late Villafranchian) of Italy. Two species, Lutraeximia umbra[1] and Lutraeximia trinacriae[2], are currently known. The type species, L. umbra, is only known from a cranium and the second species, L. trinacriae, was originally classed under the Nesolutra genus.
References[]
- ↑ (2016) "A new otter from the Early Pleistocene of Pantalla (Italy), with remarks on the evolutionary history of Mediterranean Quaternary Lutrinae (Carnivora, Mustelidae)". Quaternary Science Reviews 135: 92–102. DOI:10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.01.008.
- ↑ E. Burgio and M. Fiore. 1988. Nesolutra trinacriae n. sp., lontra quaternaria della Sicilia. Bolletino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 27:259-275 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]