Enhydra macrodonta
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| Enhydra macrodonta Temporal range: Mid Pleistocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Genus: | Enhydra |
| Species: | †E. macrodonta
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| Binomial name | |
| †Enhydra macrodonta (Kilmer, 1972)[1]
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Enhydra macrodonta, the large-toothed sea otter, is an extinct mustelid known from the middle Pleistocene in California.[2]
Description
The large-toothed sea otter is a close relative of the living sea otter. As its name implies, it is distinguishable from the modern sea otter by its larger, more robust teeth.[3]
Fossils of the large-toothed sea otter are dated to between 700 and 500 ka.[4]
References
- ^ "Enhydra macrodonta". Fossilworks.
- ^ Berta, Annalisa (2017). The Rise of Marine Mammals: 50 Million Years of Evolution. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 134. ISBN 9781421423265.
- ^ "Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey". Geological Survey (U.S.). 4 (3). 1976.
- ^ Davis, Randall W. (2019). Marine Mammals: Adaptations for an Aquatic Life. Springer International Publishing. p. 21. ISBN 9783319982809.
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