Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae
Full reference: R. Kellogg. 1927. Fossil Pinnipeds from California. Contributions to Palaeontology from the Carnegie Institution of Washington 27-37
Parent taxon: Dusignathinae according to J. N. Biewer et al. 2020
See also Barnes 1989, Barnes 2008, Barnes and Raschke 1991, Berta 2002, Berta 2009, Berta 2017, Berta 2018, Berta et al. 2018, Boessenecker 2013, Boessenecker and Churchill 2013, Carroll 1988, Deméré 1994, Deméré 1994, Deméré et al. 2003, Hay 1930, Horikawa 1995, Kellogg 1927, Kohno 2006, Magallanes et al. 2018, McKenna and Bell 1997, Repenning and Tedford 1977, Sepkoski 2002 and Vidal 1991
Sister taxon: Gomphotaria
Subtaxa: Dusignathus santacruzensis Dusignathus seftoni
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (3: California collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Mexico (1), United States (7: California)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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