taxonID	type	description	language	source
735BA43E4A263F20FC4EFA7F35B4C39C.taxon	description	(FIGS 4 – 12)	en	Salesa, Manuel J., Antón, Mauricio, Siliceo, Gema, Pesquero, María Dolores, Morales, Jorge, Alcalá, Luis (2013): A non-aquatic otter (Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae) from the Late Miocene (Vallesian, MN 10) of La Roma 2 (Alfambra, Teruel, Spain): systematics and functional anatomy. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169 (2): 448-482, DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12063, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12063
735BA43E4A3F3F3BFE81FD82340FC015.taxon	description	The metacarpals and metatarsals of Te. riparius are also relatively slender, although similar to those of A. cinereus and the small mustelines of the genus Martes, which probably indicates that all these taxa share a primitive, slender hand and foot. In summary, Te. riparius represent a very primitive otter, completely different from the typical, aquatic otters such as Lu. lutra or Lo. canadensis. In fact, most of the postcranial features that suggest a semiaquatic adaptation, such as a pelvis with relatively short ilium; short femoral neck; lateral expansion of the greater trochanter of the femur; tibia with distinctly curved diaphysis; shortened limb bones; widening of bones in proportion to their lengths; or flattened phalanges (Inuzuka, 2000; Schutz & Guralnick, 2007; Rybczynski, Dawson & Tedford, 2009), seen in typical otters, are absent in Te. riparius. Nevertheless, its dentition shows an otter-like pattern, with a low and elongated m 1, a short P 4, and a squared M 1, which interestingly points towards the possibility that the aquatic lifestyle of otters could have appeared after the development, at least in a primitive fashion, of the distinctive dental morphology of this specialized group of mustelids.	en	Salesa, Manuel J., Antón, Mauricio, Siliceo, Gema, Pesquero, María Dolores, Morales, Jorge, Alcalá, Luis (2013): A non-aquatic otter (Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae) from the Late Miocene (Vallesian, MN 10) of La Roma 2 (Alfambra, Teruel, Spain): systematics and functional anatomy. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169 (2): 448-482, DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12063, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12063
