Satherium piscinarium
Extinct species of carnivore / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Satherium piscinarium is an extinct species of giant otter of North America that lived during the Pliocene through Pleistocene from ~3.7–1.6 Ma. (AEO).[1] existing for approximately 2.1 million years.
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Satherium piscinarium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Mustelidae |
Subfamily: | Lutrinae |
Genus: | †Satherium |
Species: | †S. piscinarium |
Binomial name | |
†Satherium piscinarium (Leidy, 1873) | |
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Satherium piscinarium is stated to be related to the giant otter of Brazil and Suriname.[2][3] Fossil specimens have been found across the United States, from Washington in the northwest to Florida in the southeast. Idaho has yielded the largest number of collections of S. piscinarium.