Enhydra macrodonta, the large-toothed sea otter, is an extinct mustelid known from the middle Pleistocene in California.[2]

Enhydra macrodonta
Temporal range: Mid Pleistocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Genus: Enhydra
Species:
E. macrodonta
Binomial name
Enhydra macrodonta
(Kilmer, 1972)[1]

Description

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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

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  1. ^ "Enhydra macrodonta". Fossilworks.
  2. ^ Berta, Annalisa (2017). The Rise of Marine Mammals: 50 Million Years of Evolution. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 134. ISBN 9781421423265.
  3. ^ "Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey". Geological Survey (U.S.). 4 (3). 1976.
  4. ^ Davis, Randall W. (2019). Marine Mammals: Adaptations for an Aquatic Life. Springer International Publishing. p. 21. ISBN 9783319982809.