†Puijila Rybczynski et al. 2009 (carnivoran)
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Full reference: N. Rybczynski, M. R. Dawson, and R. H. Tedford. 2009. A semi-aquatic Arctic mammalian carnivore from the Miocene epoch and origin of Pinnipedia. Nature 458:1021-1024
Parent taxon: Panpinnipedia according to C. J. Everett et al. 2023
See also Fulton and Strobeck 2010, Koretsky and Domning 2014, Paterson et al. 2019 and Rybczynski et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Pinnipedimorpha, Potamotherium
Subtaxa: Puijila darwini
Type: Puijila darwini
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Haughton-Astrobleme (Miocene of Northwest Territories)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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