Valenictus
| Valenictus Temporal range: Pliocene
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V. chulavistensis | |
Valenictus is an extinct genus of Odobenidae from the Pliocene of California.
Description
Valenictus is related to the modern-day walrus, but lacked all teeth both in the lower and upper jaw except for the two tusks.
Sources
- Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters by Donald R. Prothero and Carl Buell
- Marine Mammal Biology: An Evolutionary Approach by A. Rus Hoelzel
- Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology by Annalisa Berta, James L. Sumich, and Kit M. Kovacs
- Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals by William F. Perrin, Bernd Wursig, and J. G.M. Thewissen
- Classification of Mammals by Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell
- Neptune's Ark: From Ichthyosaurs to Orcas by David Rains Wallace
- Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Volume 2, Small Mammals, Xenarthrans, and Marine Mammals by Christine M. Janis, Gregg F. Gunnell, and Mark D. Uhen
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