†Prototaria planicephala Kohno 1994 (walrus)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae
Full reference: N. Kohno. 1994. A new miocene pinniped in the genus Prototaria (Carnivora: Odobenidae) from the Moniwa Formation, Miyagi, Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(3):414-426
Belongs to Prototaria according to I. Magallanes et al. 2018
See also Berta et al. 2018, Deméré et al. 2003 and Kohno 1994
Sister taxon: Prototaria primigena
Type specimen: SSME 13317, a skull. Its type locality is Goishi, which is in a Langhian marine sandstone in the Moniwa Formation of Japan.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: found only at Goishi
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