†Enaliarctos barnesi Berta 1991 (pinniped)
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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 A. Berta et al. 2018
See also Barnes 2008, Berta 1991 and Deméré et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Enaliarctos emlongi, Enaliarctos mealsi, Enaliarctos mitchelli, Enaliarctos tedfordi
Type specimen: USNM 314295, a partial skull. Its type locality is Beaver Creek, south, which is in a Chattian marine sandstone in the Nye Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: found only at Beaver Creek, south
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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