Enhydritherium
Enhydritherium terraenovae is an extinct marine otter endemic to North America that lived during the Miocene through Pliocene epochs from ~9.1–4.9 Ma. (AEO), existing for approximately 4.2 million years.
| Enhydritherium Temporal range: | |
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| E. terraenovae skeleton at Florida Museum of Natural History. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Subfamily: | Lutrinae |
| Genus: | †Enhydritherium Berta and Morgan 1985 |
| Species: | †E. terraenovae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Enhydritherium terraenovae Berta and Morgan 1985 | |
The ancestral lineage of Enhydritherium terraenova can be traced to Africa and Eurasia, but no clear route of migration can be determined according to Thompson et al.
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