Satherium
| Satherium | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Subfamily: | Lutrinae |
| Genus: | †Satherium Gazin, 1934[2] |
| Type species | |
| †Satherium piscinarium (Leidy, 1873)
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| Other Species | |
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Satherium ingens Gazin, 1934 | |
Satherium is an extinct genus of
otters that lived in North America during the Pliocene and Pleistocene. Two species are known, Satherium piscinarium
and Satherium ingens.
S. piscinarium was originally classified as a species of Lutra. The giant otter of South America is considered the closest living relative of this genus.[3]
References
- ^ Alroy, John, PaleoDB collection 20308, March 26, 1995, De Soto Shell Pit, Caloosahatchee Formation, DeSoto County, Florida
- ^ "Satherium". Fossilworks.
- hdl:11336/80190.