Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae
Full reference: I. Magallanes, J. F. Parham, G.-P. Santos and J. Velez-Juarbe. 2018. A new tuskless walrus from the Miocene of Orange County, California, with comments on the diversity and taxonomy of odobenids. PeerJ 6:e5708
Belongs to Titanotaria according to I. Magallanes et al. 2018
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: OCPC 11141, a partial skeleton (skull, mandible, and postcrania including a nearly complete appendicular and axial skeleton). Its type locality is OCPC 721, which is in a Messinian shoreface horizon in the Capistrano Formation of California.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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