Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae
Full reference: C. A. Repenning and R. H. Tedford. 1977. Otarioid seals of the Neogene. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 992:1-93
Parent taxon: Odobeninae according to J. N. Biewer et al. 2020
See also Barnes 1989, Barnes 2008, Berta 2002, Berta 2009, Berta 2017, Berta 2018, Berta et al. 2018, Boessenecker and Churchill 2013, Carroll 1988, Deméré 1994, Deméré et al. 2003, Horikawa 1995, Kohno 2006, McKenna and Bell 1997, Repenning and Tedford 1977, Sepkoski 2002 and Vidal 1991
Sister taxa: Odobenini, Ontocetus, Pliopedia, Protodobenus
Subtaxa: Aivukus cedrosensis
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of Mexico (1 collection)
• Miocene of Mexico (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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