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Odobeninae
Taxonomy
Odobeninae was named by Allen (1880) [Originally the family Odobenidae.]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Otariidae by Mitchell (1968), Tedford (1976), Barnes (1979), Barnes (1989) and Vidal (1991); to Phocidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Odobaenidae by Repenning and Tedford (1977), Deméré (1994), Rice (1998), Deméré et al. (2003) and Kohno (2006); to Neodobenia by Magallanes et al. (2018) and Biewer et al. (2020); and to Odobenidae by Fay (1985), Horikawa (1995), Kohno et al. (1995), Berta (2002), Koretsky and Barnes (2006), Barnes (2008), Kohno and Ray (2008), Berta (2009), Fulton and Strobeck (2010), Berta (2017), Boessenecker (2017), Boessenecker et al. (2018), Berta et al. (2018) and Boessenecker et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Otariidae by Mitchell (1968), Tedford (1976), Barnes (1979), Barnes (1989) and Vidal (1991); to Phocidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Odobaenidae by Repenning and Tedford (1977), Deméré (1994), Rice (1998), Deméré et al. (2003) and Kohno (2006); to Neodobenia by Magallanes et al. (2018) and Biewer et al. (2020); and to Odobenidae by Fay (1985), Horikawa (1995), Kohno et al. (1995), Berta (2002), Koretsky and Barnes (2006), Barnes (2008), Kohno and Ray (2008), Berta (2009), Fulton and Strobeck (2010), Berta (2017), Boessenecker (2017), Boessenecker et al. (2018), Berta et al. (2018) and Boessenecker et al. (2024).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1880 | Odobeninae Allen p. 5 |
| 1968 | Odobeninae Mitchell p. 1897 |
| 1976 | Odobeninae Tedford p. 372 |
| 1977 | Odobeninae Repenning and Tedford p. 8 |
| 1979 | Odobeninae Barnes p. 8 |
| 1985 | Odobeninae Fay p. 1 |
| 1989 | Odobeninae Barnes p. 3 |
| 1991 | Odobeninae Vidal p. 6 |
| 1994 | Odobeninae Deméré p. 77 |
| 1995 | Odobeninae Horikawa p. 322 figs. Table 4 |
| 1995 | Odobeninae Kohno et al. p. 113 |
| 1997 | Odobeninae McKenna and Bell p. 254 |
| 1998 | Odobeninae Rice |
| 2002 | Odobeninae Berta p. 923 |
| 2003 | Odobeninae Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3 |
| 2006 | Odobeninae Kohno p. 418 |
| 2006 | Odobeninae Koretsky and Barnes p. 145 |
| 2008 | Odobeninae Barnes p. 534 |
| 2008 | Odobeninae Kohno and Ray p. 44 |
| 2009 | Odobeninae Berta p. 863 |
| 2010 | Odobeninae Fulton and Strobeck p. 817 figs. Figure 1 |
| 2017 | Odobeninae Berta p. 156 |
| 2017 | Odobeninae Boessenecker p. 2 |
| 2018 | Odobeninae Berta et al. p. 217 figs. Fig. 6 |
| 2018 | Odobeninae Boessenecker et al. p. 282 |
| 2018 | Odobeninae Magallanes et al. p. 30 figs. Fig. 14 |
| 2020 | Odobeninae Biewer et al. figs. Figure 2 |
| 2024 | Odobeninae Boessenecker et al. p. 5 |
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Subfm. Odobeninae Allen 1880
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Tr. Odobenini Allen 1880
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G. Odobenus Brisson 1762 [walrus]
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†Odobenus mandanoensis Tomida 1989
†Odobenus obesus antiquus Kardas 1965
Odobenus rosmarus Linnaeus 1758 [walrus]
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Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus Pallas 1811
Invalid names: Hemicaulodon effodiens Cope 1869 [synonym], Odobenus virginianus De Kay 1842 [synonym], Trichechus orientalis Dybowski 1922 [synonym], Trichechus virginianus Dekay 1842 [synonym]
Invalid names: Hemicaulodon Cope 1869 [synonym], Odobenotherium Gratiolet 1858 [synonym], Rosmarus Brunnich 1772 [synonym], Trichechus Linnaeus 1766 [synonym], Trichechus obesus Gill 1866 [nomen nudum]
G. †Valenictus Mitchell 1961
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†Valenictus chulavistensis Deméré 1994
†Valenictus imperialensis Mitchell 1961
†Valenictus sheperdi Boessenecker et al. 2024
Invalid names: Odobenina McKenna and Bell 1997 [empty]
G. †Ontocetus Leidy 1859
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†Ontocetus emmonsi Leidy 1859
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Invalid names: Alachtherium africanum Geraads 1997 [synonym], Alachtherium antverpiensis Rutten 1907 [synonym], Alachtherium cretsii Du Bus 1867 [synonym], Prorosmarus alleni Berry and Gregory 1906 [synonym], Trichecodon huxleyi Lankester 1865 [synonym]
Invalid names: Alachtherium Du Bus 1867 [synonym], Prorosmarus Berry and Gregory 1906 [synonym], Trichecodon Lankester 1865 [synonym], Trichecodon koninckii Van Beneden 1871 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available