NEW MATERIAL OF <em>LUTRA SIMPLICIDENS</em> (CARNIVORA, MUSTELIDAE, LUTRINAE), A KEY TAXON FOR UNDERSTANDING THE EVOLUTION OF EUROPEAN OTTERS

Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758) is the only otter living in Europe today, but the palaeodiversity of this group during the Pleistocene was much higher. Lutra simplicidens Thenius, 1965 is one of the best-known taxa from the European Quaternary fossil record, having been reported in at least eight local...

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Published in:Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
Main Author: MARCO CHERIN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2017-08-01
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Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/9024

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