Mammalia - Carnivora - Desmatophocidae

Full reference: M. K. Tate-Jones, C. M. Peredo, S. S. B. Hopkins and C. D. Marshall. 2020. The dawn of Desmatophocidae: A new species of basal Desmatophocid seal (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the Miocene of Oregon, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1789867

Parent taxon: Desmatophocidae according to M. K. Tate-Jones et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Allodesminae, Desmatophoca, Desmatophocinae

Subtaxa: Eodesmus condoni

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Type: Eodesmus condoni

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Moolack Beach (Miocene of Oregon)

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