Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae
Synonym: Pontoleon True 1907
Full reference: F. W. True. 1905. New name for Pontoleon. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 17:253-253
Parent taxon: Odobenidae according to I. Magallanes et al. 2018
See also Barnes 1988, Barnes 1989, Barnes 2008, Berta 2002, Berta 2009, Berta 2017, Berta 2018, Berta et al. 2018, Biewer et al. 2020, Boessenecker and Churchill 2013, Carroll 1988, Deméré 1994, Deméré et al. 2003, Hay 1930, Horikawa 1995, Kellogg 1922, Kohno 2006, Kohno et al. 1995, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mitchell 1968, Repenning and Tedford 1977, Sepkoski 2002, True 1905, True 1907, True 1909 and Zittel 1925
Sister taxa: Archaeodobenus, Imagotaria, Kamtschatarctos, Nanodobenus, Neodobenia, Neotherium, Odobeninae, Osodobenus, Pelagiarctos, Proneotherium, Prototaria, Pseudotaria, Titanotaria
Subtaxa: Pontolis barroni Pontolis kohnoi Pontolis magnus
Type: Pontoleon magnus
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Miocene of United States (9: California, Oregon)
Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences
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