Desmatophoca Condon 1906 (pinniped)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Desmatophocidae

Full reference: T. Condon. 1906. A new fossil pinniped (Desmatophoca oregonensis) from the Miocene of the Oregon coast. University of Oregon Bulletin 3(3):1-14

Parent taxon: Desmatophocidae according to T. A. Deméré et al. 2003

See also Barnes 1987, Barnes 1989, Barnes 2008, Berta 1994, Berta 2002, Berta 2009, Berta 2017, Boessenecker and Churchill 2013, Carroll 1988, Condon 1906, Fulton and Strobeck 2010, Hay 1930, Kellogg 1922, Kienle and Berta 2019, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mitchell 1968, Rice 1998 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Allodesminae, Desmatophocinae, Eodesmus

Subtaxa: Desmatophoca brachycephala Desmatophoca oregonensis

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Type: Desmatophoca oregonensis

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (5: Alaska, Oregon, Washington collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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