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 and Berta et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Enaliarctos barnesi, Enaliarctos emlongi, Enaliarctos mealsi, Enaliarctos mitchelli
Type specimen: USNM 206273, a partial skull (cranium lacking rostrum and left jaw fragment). Its type locality is Deer Creek, which is in a Chattian marine sandstone/siltstone in the Yaquina Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: Oregon collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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