Lutra hearsti

Lutra hearsti; Temporal range: Piacenzian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Mustelidae
Genus:	Lutra
Species:	L. hearsti
Binomial name
	Lutra hearsti; Geraads et. al., 2015

Last updated June 19, 2025

Lutra hearsti is an extinct species of Lutra that lived during the Pliocene epoch.

Distribution

Lutra hearsti fossils have been discovered in the Hadar Formation of Ethiopia.^[1]

References

↑ Geraads, Denis; Alemseged, Zeresenay; Bobe, René; Reed, Denné (July 2015). "Pliocene Carnivora (Mammalia) from the Hadar Formation at Dikika, Lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia" . Journal of African Earth Sciences . 107: 28–35. Bibcode:2015JAfES.107...28G. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2015.03.020 . Retrieved 15 February 2025– via Elsevier Science Direct.

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[1] Geraads, Denis; Alemseged, Zeresenay; Bobe, René; Reed, Denné (July 2015). "Pliocene Carnivora (Mammalia) from the Hadar Formation at Dikika, Lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia" . Journal of African Earth Sciences . 107: 28–35. Bibcode:2015JAfES.107...28G. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2015.03.020 . Retrieved 15 February 2025– via Elsevier Science Direct.

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