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Algarolutra majori

Algarolutra
Temporal range: Pleistocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Subfamily: Lutrinae
Genus: Algarolutra
Malatesta & Willemsen, 1986
Species: A. majori
Binomial name
Algarolutra majori
(Malatesta, 1978)

Algarolutra is an extinct endemic genus of otter from the of Corsica and Sardinia. The single species A. majori was originally attributed to the genus Cyrnaonyx and its type species C. antiqua, which was based on fossils from Corsica and also from mainland France. From mainland Europe, only lower dentition was known, whereas from Corsica and Sardinia only upper dentition was known. When Cyrnaonyx antiqua fossil with both upper and lower dentition were found in England, it became clear that the species majori was too different to keep even in the same genus and the genus Algarolutra was described. appearing to belong to separate genera. A. majori is known only from very sparse evidence.


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