Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae
Full reference: R. Kellogg. 1931. Pelagic mammals of the Temblor Formation of the Kern River region, California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science 19(12):217-397
Belongs to Neotherium according to J. Velez-Juarbe 2018
See also Barnes 2008, Berta 2018, Berta et al. 2018, Boessenecker and Churchill 2013, Boessenecker and Churchill 2015, Deméré 1994, Deméré et al. 2003, Kellogg 1931, Kohno et al. 1995, Magallanes et al. 2018 and Tonomori 2022
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 11542-3, USNM 11548, USNM 11552, a limb element (calcaneum, astragalus, cuboid, navicular). Its type locality is Sharktooth Hill, which is in a Langhian shoreface siltstone in the Temblor Formation of California.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (1 collection), United States (4: California)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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