Siamogale

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Siamogale
Temporal range: Late Miocene-Early Pliocene, 11–5.333 Ma
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Subfamily: Lutrinae
Genus: Siamogale
Ginsburg, Ingavat & Tassy, 1983
Species
  • S. melilutra (Wang et al. 2017)
  • (Ginsburg, Ingavat & Tassy, 1983)
  • (Grohé et al. 2020)

Siamogale is an extinct genus of giant otter from the late Miocene-early Pliocene of eastern Asia. Three species are currently known, and from Thailand and S. melilutra from China.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Xiaoming Wang; et al. (2018). "A new otter of giant size, Siamogale melilutra sp. nov. (Lutrinae: Mustelidae: Carnivora), from the latest Miocene Shuitangba site in north-eastern Yunnan, south-western China, and a total-evidence phylogeny of lutrines". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 16: 39–65. doi:10.1080/14772019.2016.1267666.


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