Full reference: L. G. Barnes. 1979. Fossil enaliarctine pinnpeds (Mammalia: Otariidae) from Pyramid Hill, Kern County, California). Contributions in Science of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 318:1-41
Belongs to Enaliarctos according to T. A. Deméré et al. 2003
See also Barnes 1979, Barnes 1989, Barnes 2008, Berta 1991 and Berta et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Enaliarctos barnesi, Enaliarctos emlongi, Enaliarctos mealsi, Enaliarctos tedfordi
Type specimen: UCMP 100391, a partial skull (anterior half of skull lacking teeth). Its type locality is Pyramid Hill, upper concretion-bearing bed, which is in an Aquitanian marine sandstone in the Jewett Formation of California.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: California, Oregon collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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