Kamtschatarctos sinelnikovae Dubrovo 1981 (walrus)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae

Full reference: I. A. Dubrovo. 1981. A new subfamily of fossil seals (Pinnipedia, Kamtschatarctinae subfam. nov.). Doklady Earth Science Sections 256:202-206

Belongs to Kamtschatarctos according to I. Magallanes et al. 2018

See also Berta 2018, Berta et al. 2018, Boessenecker and Churchill 2013, Dubrovo 1981 and Dubrovo 1984

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 3069-10, 11, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Kavran-Ukhtolok Bay, which is in a Langhian/Serravallian marine horizon in the Etolon Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kavran-Ukhtolok Bay

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