Satherium

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title: "Satherium" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["otters", "prehistoric-mustelids", "prehistoric-mammals-of-north-america", "pliocene-mammals-of-north-america", "pleistocene-mammals-of-north-america", "prehistoric-mammal-genera"] description: "Extinct genus of mustelid" topic_path: "general/otters" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satherium" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Extinct genus of mustelid ::

|fossil_range = Pliocene - Early Pleistocene

|image = |image_caption = |taxon = Satherium | authority = Gazin, 1934 | type_species = †Satherium piscinarium | type_species_authority = (Leidy, 1873) | subdivision_ranks = Other Species | subdivision = Satherium ingens Gazin, 1934 Satherium is an extinct genus of otters that lived in North America during the Pliocene and Pleistocene. Two species are known, Satherium piscinarium and Satherium ingens.

S. piscinarium was originally classified as a species of Lutra. The giant otter of South America is considered the closest living relative of this genus.

References

References

1. [[John Alroy. Alroy, John]], PaleoDB collection 20308, March 26, 1995, De Soto Shell Pit, Caloosahatchee Formation, [[DeSoto County, Florida]]
2. "Satherium".
3. (2008). "A Pleistocene giant river otter from Argentina: remarks on the fossil record and phylogenetic analysis". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

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