Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae
Full reference: J. N. Biewer, J. Velez-Juarbe, and J. F. Parham. 2020. Insights on the dental evolution of walruses based on new fossil specimens from California. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1833896
Belongs to Osodobenus according to J. N. Biewer et al. 2020
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: LACM 150922, a skull (fairly complete skull, including left and right I3, canines, P1 and P2,). Its type locality is Lake Forest, which is in a Messinian marine sandstone in the Capistrano Formation of California.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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