Mammalia - Carnivora - Desmatophocidae
Alternative combination: Allodesmus courseni
Full reference: T. Downs. 1956. A new pinniped from the Micocene of southern California: With remarks on the Otariidae. Journal of Paleontology 30(1):115-131
Belongs to Atopotarus according to R. W. Boessenecker and M. Churchill 2018
See also Barnes 1969, Barnes 1972, Barnes 1989, Barnes 2008, Barnes and Hirota 1995, Berta et al. 2018, Deméré et al. 2003, Downs 1956, Kohno 1996, Mitchell 1966, Packard 1962 and Repenning and Tedford 1977
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: LACM 1376, a partial skeleton (incomplete skeleton lacking hind quarters). Its type locality is Coursen garden, which is in a Hemingfordian/Barstovian carbonate limestone/chert in the Monterey Formation of California.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: found only at Coursen garden
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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