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 Pontolis according to J. N. Biewer et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Pontolis barroni, Pontolis magnus
Type specimen: LACM 118967, a partial skeleton (skull with associated mandibles and postcranial elements, including atlas, axis, an indeterminate cervical vertebra, several thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and cauda). Its type locality is Lambert Reservoir, which is in a Messinian marine horizon in the Capistrano Formation of California.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lambert Reservoir
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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