Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Full reference: M. J. Salesa, M. Antón, G. Siliceo, M. D. Pesquero, J. Morales and L. Alcalá. 2013. A non-aquatic otter (Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae) from the Late Miocene (Vallesian, MN 10) of La Roma 2 (Alfambra, Teruel, Spain): systematics and functional anatomy. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169:448-482

Parent taxon: Lutrinae according to M. J. Salesa et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Aonychini, Aonyx, Aonyxini, Enhydra, Enhydrini, Enhydriodon, Enhydriodontini, Enhydritherium, Hydrictis, Lontra, Lutra, Lutraeximia, Lutrictis, Lutrini, Lutrogale, Megencephalon, Paludolutra, Paralutra, Pteronura, Siamogale, Sivaonyx, Tyrrhenolutra, Vishnuonyx

Subtaxa: Teruelictis riparius

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Type: Teruelictis riparius

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at La Roma 2 (Miocene of Spain)

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