Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae
Full reference: E. D. Mitchell. 1961. A new walrus from the imperial Pliocene of Southern California: with notes on odobenid and otariid humeri. Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science 44:1-28
Belongs to Valenictus according to J. N. Biewer et al. 2020
See also Barnes 1989, Barnes 2008, Berta et al. 2018, Deméré 1994, Deméré et al. 2003, Magallanes et al. 2018 and Mitchell 1961
Sister taxa: Valenictus chulavistensis, Valenictus sheperdi
Type specimen: LACM (CIT) 3926, a limb element (humerus). Its type locality is Painted Gorge, which is in a Zanclean marine siltstone in the Deguynos Formation of California.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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