†family Semantoridae Orlov 1932 (carnivoran)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Semantoridae
Alternative spelling: Semantorinae
Full reference: J. A. Orlov. 1932. Semantor macrurus (Ordo Pinnipedia, Fam. Semantoridae Fam. Nova) aus den Neogen-Ablagerungen Westsibiriens. Travaux de l'Institute Paleozoologique de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Urss 1:165-268
Parent taxon: Musteloidea according to C. Muizon 1982
See also Orlov 1932, Sato et al. 2009 and Tedford 1976
Sister taxon: Proputorius
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Semantoridae in the database