Satherium

Satherium; Temporal range: Pliocene - Early Pleistocene; 4.9–1.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Mustelidae
Subfamily:	Lutrinae
Genus:	†Satherium; Gazin, 1934
Type species
	†Satherium piscinarium; (Leidy, 1873)
Other Species
	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[edit]

^ Alroy, John, PaleoDB collection 20308, March 26, 1995, De Soto Shell Pit, Caloosahatchee Formation, DeSoto County, Florida
^ "Satherium". Fossilworks.
^ Prevosti, Francisco J.; Ferrero, Brenda S. (2008). "A Pleistocene giant river otter from Argentina: remarks on the fossil record and phylogenetic analysis". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (4): 1171–1181. doi:10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1171. hdl:11336/80190.

[1] Alroy, John, PaleoDB collection 20308, March 26, 1995, De Soto Shell Pit, Caloosahatchee Formation, DeSoto County, Florida

[2] "Satherium". Fossilworks.

[3] Prevosti, Francisco J.; Ferrero, Brenda S. (2008). "A Pleistocene giant river otter from Argentina: remarks on the fossil record and phylogenetic analysis". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (4): 1171–1181. doi:10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1171. hdl:11336/80190.

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