Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae
Alternative spelling: Valenictis
Full reference: E. D. Mitchell. 1961. A new walrus from the imperial Pliocene of Southern California: with notes on odobenid and otariid humeri. Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science 44:1-28
Parent taxon: Odobenini according to R. W. Boessenecker et al. 2024
See also Barnes 1989, Barnes 2008, Berta 2002, Berta 2009, Berta 2017, Berta 2018, Berta et al. 2018, Biewer et al. 2020, Boessenecker 2017, Boessenecker and Churchill 2013, Carroll 1988, Deméré 1994, Deméré 1994, Deméré and Berta 2001, Deméré et al. 2003, Horikawa 1995, Kohno 2006, Magallanes et al. 2018, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mitchell 1961 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Odobenina, Odobenus
Subtaxa: Valenictus chulavistensis Valenictus imperialensis Valenictus sheperdi
Type: Valenictus imperialensis
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (1: California collection)
• Pliocene of United States (6: California)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences
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