Primer ejemplar fósil de tipo nutria <i>Amblonyx</i>, con una nota sobre ejemplares de <i>Lutra</i> del Siwaliks Superior, India

P. Raghavan; M. Pickford; R. Patnaik; P. Gayathri

doi:10.3989/egeol.07632200

Authors

P. Raghavan School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra
M. Pickford Collège de France, Paris
R. Patnaik CAS in Geology, Panjab University, Chandigarh
P. Gayathri Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/egeol.07632200

Keywords:

Otters, Amblonyx, Lutra, Pleistocene, India, Siwaliks, new species

Abstract

Otter-like mammals have been reported from the Indian sub-continent for more than a century and a half. Enhydriodontini are far more common and have a longer fossil record than either Lutrini or Aonychini. This paper describes and interprets two fossils from the Pleistocene of Panchkula and Pipalwala, India. The Panchkula specimen represents a large species of Amblomyx (Aonychini) whereas the Pipalwala specimen is likely to represent a large individual of Lutra paleoindica (Lutrini).

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