Odobenidae
| Odobenidae Temporal range: Middle Miocene to present
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Clade: | Pinnipedia |
| Superfamily: | Otarioidea |
| Family: | Odobenidae Allen, 1880 |
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Odobenus (walrus) | |
Odobenidae is a family of pinnipeds. The only living species is the walrus. In the past, however, the group was much more diverse, and includes more than ten fossil genera.[1]
Taxonomy
All genera, except Odobenus, are extinct.[2]
- †Archaeodobenus
- †Prototaria
- †Proneotherium
- †Nanodobenus
- †Neotherium
- †Imagotaria
- †Kamtschatarctos
- †Pelagiarctos
- †Pontolis
- †Pseudotaria
- †Titanotaria
- Clade Neodobenia[3]
- †Gomphotaria
- Subfamily Dusignathinae
- Subfamily Odobeninae
References
- ^ Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, ed. William F. Perrin, Bernd Würsig, J.G.M. Thewissenz
- ^ Marine Mammals, Evolutionary Biology, 2nd ed.
- ^ Magallanes I, Parham JF, Santos G, Velez-Juarbe J. (2018) A new tuskless walrus from the Miocene of Orange County, California, with comments on the diversity and taxonomy of odobenids. PeerJ 6:e5708 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5708
External links
- Jay. S Rosenblatt. Advances in the Study of Behavior. Vol. 11. Academy Press. p. 122. ISBN 0-12-004511-7.