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