†Protodobenus japonicus Horikawa 1995 (walrus)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae
Full reference: H. Horikawa. 1995. A primitive odobenine walrus of Early Pliocene age from Japan. The Island Arc 3:309-328
Belongs to Protodobenus according to J. N. Biewer et al. 2020
See also Berta 2018, Berta et al. 2018, Boessenecker and Churchill 2013, Deméré et al. 2003, Horikawa 1995 and Magallanes et al. 2018
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: see comments, a partial skull. Its type locality is Iriyama, which is in a Zanclean offshore mudstone in the Tamigigawa Formation of Japan.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: found only at Iriyama
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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