Allodesmus uraiporensis Tonomori et al. 2018 (pinniped)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Desmatophocidae

Full reference: W. Tonomori, H. Sawamura, T. Sato and N. Kohno. 2018. A new Miocene pinniped Allodesmus (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Hokkaido, northern Japan. Royal Society Open Science 5(5):172440

Belongs to Allodesmus according to W. Tonomori et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Allodesmus demerei, Allodesmus kernensis, Allodesmus naorai, Allodesmus packardi, Allodesmus sinanoensis

Type specimen: AMP 25, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Okoppezawa River, which is in a Langhian marine sandstone in the Okoppezawa Formation of Japan.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Okoppezawa River

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