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Extinct genus of mustelid For the extinct hippopotamus genus, see Saotherium.

Satherium
Temporal range: Pliocene - Early Pleistocene
4.9–1.6 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

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. Bibcode:2008JVPal..28.1171P. doi:10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1171. hdl:11336/80190.
Genera of red pandas, raccoons, skunks, mustelids and their extinct allies
Musteloidea
Musteloidea
Ailuridae
Ailurinae
Amphictinae
Simocyoninae
Mephitidae
Procyonidae
Ailurus fulgens

Mephitis mephitis

Bassaricyon alleni
Mustelidae
Mustelidae
Guloninae
Helictidinae
Ictonychinae
Lutrinae
Leptarctinae
Melinae
Mellivorinae
Mustelavinae
Mustelinae
Oligobuninae
Taxidiinae
Gulo gulo

Martes zibellina Megalictis ferox

Chamitataxus avitus
Taxon identifiers
Satherium
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