Mammalia - Carnivora - Desmatophocidae
Alternative spelling: Allodesmidae
Full reference: R. Kellogg. 1931. Pelagic mammals of the Temblor Formation of the Kern River region, California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science 19(12):217-397
Parent taxon: Desmatophocidae according to W. Tonomori et al. 2021
See also Barnes 1979, Barnes 1989, Barnes 2008, Barnes and Hirota 1995, Boessenecker and Churchill 2018, Kellogg 1931, Kimura 1997, Kohno 1996, Koretsky and Barnes 2006, Mitchell 1968 and Tonomori et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Desmatophoca, Desmatophocinae, Eodesmus
Subtaxa: Allodesmus Atopotarus
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (26 collections), Mexico (2), United States (17: California, Oregon, Washington)
• Oligocene of United States (2: California, Washington)
Total: 47 collections including 53 occurrences