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Satherium

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Satherium was named by Gazin (1934) [named as a subgenus of Lutra by Gazin 1934b; raised to genus level by Barbour & Schultz (1937)]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lutrinae by Bjork (1970) and Kurten and Anderson (1980); to Mustelidae by Barbour and Schultz (1937) and Carroll (1988); and to Lutrini by Willemsen (1992), Baskin (1998) and Pickford (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Satherium Gazin
1937Satherium Barbour and Schultz
1970Satherium Bjork p. 31
1980Satherium Kurten and Anderson p. 158
1988Satherium Carroll
1992Satherium Willemsen p. 114
1998Satherium Baskin p. 161
2007Satherium Pickford p. 122 figs. Fig. 23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyMustelidaeFischer 1817
subfamilyLutrinaeBaird 1857
tribeLutriniGray 1865
genusSatheriumGazin 1934

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Satherium Gazin 1934
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†Satherium ingens Gazin 1934
†Satherium piscinarium Leidy 1873
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:38:29
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Blancan to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 4.90000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Idaho) S. piscinarium (181255)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Washington) S. piscinarium (20062)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) S. sp. (19752)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) S. piscinarium (19936)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Idaho) Lutra ingens (19913) Lutra piscinaria (19808) S. piscinarium (19812 19815 19816 19817 19818 19819 19831 19838 19839 19842 19848 19853 19855 19860 19863 19866 19867 19868 19870 19871 19876 19878 19880 19883 19884 19888 19889 19890 19893 19897 19899 19903 19906 19915)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nevada) S. ingens (20002)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) S. piscinaria (19955) S. priscinaria (19963)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) S. piscinarium (98313)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) S. piscinarium (20308)