Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae
Full reference: T. A. Deméré. 1994. Two new species of fossil walruses (Pinnipedia: Odobenidae) from the Upper Pliocene San Diego Formation, California. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 29:77-98
Belongs to Dusignathus according to J. N. Biewer et al. 2020
See also Barnes 2008, Berta 2018, Berta et al. 2018, Boessenecker 2013, Boessenecker and Churchill 2013, Deméré 1994, Deméré et al. 2003 and Magallanes et al. 2018
Sister taxon: Dusignathus santacruzensis
Type specimen: SDSNH 38342, a partial skull (basicranium missing). Its type locality is Chula Vista, which is in a Piacenzian offshore shelf horizon in the San Diego Formation of California.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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