Siamogale
Temporal range: Late Miocene-Early Pliocene,
Siamogale meliltura skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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)
  • †S. thailandica (Ginsburg, Ingavat & Tassy, 1983)
  • †S. bounosa (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, S. thailandica and S. bounosa 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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