Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae
Full reference: T. A. Deméré. 1994. Two new species of fossil walruses (Pinnipedia: Odobenidae) from the Upper Pliocene San Diego Formation, California. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 29:77-98
Belongs to Valenictus according to J. N. Biewer et al. 2020
See also Berta 2018, Berta et al. 2018, Boessenecker and Churchill 2013, Boessenecker et al. 2024, Deméré 1994, Deméré et al. 2003 and Magallanes et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Valenictus imperialensis, Valenictus sheperdi
Type specimen: SDSNH 36786, a partial skull. Its type locality is Rancho Del Rey, which is in a Blancan coastal horizon in the San Diego Formation of California.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (1: California collection)
• Pliocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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