Satherium

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.

For the extinct hippopotamus genus, see Saotherium.

Satherium
Temporal range: Pliocene - Early Pleistocene
[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Subfamily: Lutrinae
Genus: †Satherium
Gazin, 1934[2]
Type species
Satherium piscinarium
(Leidy, 1873)
Other Species

Satherium ingens Gazin, 1934

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
  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.
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