Sardolutra

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

References

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

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[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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