Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae
Alternative spelling: Dusignathina
Full reference: E. D. Mitchell. 1968. The Mio-Pliocene pinniped Imagotaria. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 25(9):1843-1900
Parent taxon: Neodobenia according to J. N. Biewer et al. 2020
See also Barnes 1989, Barnes 2008, Berta 2002, Berta 2009, Berta 2017, Berta et al. 2018, Boessenecker and Churchill 2013, Deméré 1994, Deméré et al. 2003, Fulton and Strobeck 2010, Horikawa 1995, Kohno 2006, Koretsky and Barnes 2006, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mitchell 1968, Repenning and Tedford 1977, Rice 1998 and Vidal 1991
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Dusignathus Gomphotaria
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (3: California collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Mexico (1), United States (8: California)
Total: 13 collections including 16 occurrences