Megalenhydris
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Megalenhydris
Willemsen & Maletesta, 1987
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M. barbaricina
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| Megalenhydris barbaricina Willemsen & Maletesta, 1987
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Megalenhydris barbaricina is a Late Pleistocene giant otter from Sardinia. It is known from a single skeleton, discovered in the Grotta di Ispinigoli near Dorgali, and was described in 1987.[2] The species is one of four extinct otter species from Sardinia. The others are Algarolutra majori, Cyrnolutra castiglionis[3] and Sardolutra ichnusae.[1] This otter was large, much larger than the other species. The structure of the teeth points to a diet of shellfish and/or crustaceans. A special characteristic of the species is the flattening of the first few caudal vertebrae (the rest of the caudal vertebrae are not known). This might point to a slightly flattened tail.
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- ↑ Pereira, E., and M. Salotti. "Cyrnolutra castiglionis, a new otter (Mustelidae, Lutrinae) from the Middle Pleistocene'Castiglione 3CG'deposit (Oletta, Corsica)." Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences Series IIA Earth and Planetary Science 331.1 (2000): 45-52. [1]
