Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae
Alternative combination: Pontoleon magnus
Full reference: F. W. True. 1907. Diagnosis of a new genus and species of fossil sea-lion from the Miocene of Oregon. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 48(1):47-49
Belongs to Pontolis according to A. Berta 2018
See also Barnes 2008, Berta et al. 2018, Biewer et al. 2020, Boessenecker and Churchill 2013, Deméré 1994, Deméré et al. 2003, Hay 1930, Kellogg 1922, Magallanes et al. 2018, Mitchell 1968, Repenning and Tedford 1977, True 1905, True 1907 and True 1909
Sister taxa: Pontolis barroni, Pontolis kohnoi
Type specimen: USNM 3792, a skeleton. Its type locality is Empire, which is in a Tortonian coastal sandstone in the Empire Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (4: California, Oregon collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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