Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae
Full reference: L. G. Barnes and R. E. Raschke. 1991. Gomphotaria pugnax, a new genus and species of late Miocene dusignathine otariid pinniped (Mammalia: Carnivora) from California. Contributions in Science 426:1-16
Parent taxon: Dusignathinae according to J. N. Biewer et al. 2020
See also Barnes 2008, Barnes and Raschke 1991, Berta 2002, Berta 2009, Berta 2017, Berta 2018, Berta et al. 2018, Boessenecker and Churchill 2013, Deméré 1994, Deméré et al. 2003, Horikawa 1995, Kohno 2006, Magallanes et al. 2018 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxon: Dusignathus
Subtaxa: Gomphotaria pugnax
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Miocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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