Full reference: C. J. Everett, T. A. Demere, and A. E. Wyss. 2023. A new species of Pinnarctidion from the Pysht Formation of Washington State (U.S.A.) and a phylogenetic analysis of basal pan-pinnipeds (Eutheria, Carnivora). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e2178930
Belongs to Pinnarctidion according to C. J. Everett et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Pinnarctidion bishopi, Pinnarctidion rayi
Type specimen: SDSNH 146624, a partial skeleton (Nearly complete skull, one cervical vertebra, partial right humerus, rib fragments). Its type locality is Merrick's Bay, which is in a Chattian marine horizon in the Pysht Formation of Washington.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: found only at Merrick's Bay
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