Neotherium
| Neotherium Temporal range: Middle Miocene | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Odobenidae |
| Subfamily: | Imagotariinae |
| Genus: | Neotherium Kellogg, 1931 |
| Species: | N. mirum |
| Binomial name | |
| Neotherium mirum Kellogg, 1931 | |
Neotherium mirum is an extinct species of basal walrus.[1][2] It was smaller than living forms and it did not have long tusks. Males were larger than females.
References
- ↑ Naoki Kohno, Lawrence G. Barnes & Kiyoharu Hirota (1994). "Miocene fossil pinnipeds of the genera Prototaria and Neotherium (Carnivora; Otariidae; Imagotariinae) in the North Pacific Ocean: Evolution, relationships and distribution". The Island Arc 3 (4): 285–308. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1738.1994.tb00117.x.
- ↑ Berta, Annalisa. 2002b. Pinniped Evolution in Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, eds. Perrin, William F., Bernd Würsig, and J. G. M. Thewissen. Academic Press.
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