Full reference: A. Berta. 1991. New Enaliacrtos* (Pinnipedimorpha) from the Oligocene and Miocene of Oregon and the role of "enaliarctids" in pinniped phylogeny. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 69:1-33
Belongs to Enaliarctos according to T. A. Deméré et al. 2003
See also Barnes 2008, Berta 1991, Berta et al. 2018 and Cullen et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Enaliarctos barnesi, Enaliarctos mealsi, Enaliarctos mitchelli, Enaliarctos tedfordi
Type specimen: USNM 250345, a partial skull (a nearly complete cranium and jaws. Probably from the same individual, there is a left femur and right patella, tibia, and fibula). Its type locality is Big Creek, south, which is in a Burdigalian deltaic mudstone in the Nye Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Oregon collections)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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