Odobenidae
| Odobenidae Temporal range: Middle Miocene to present | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Caniformia |
| Superfamily: | Pinnipedia |
| Family: | Odobenidae |
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Odobenus (walrus) | |
Odobenidae is a family of pinnipeds. The only living species is the walrus. In the past, however, the group was much more diverse, and includes more than ten fossil genera.
Taxonomy
All genera, except Odobenus, are extinct.
- †Archaeodobenus
- †Prototaria
- †Proneotherium
- †Neotherium
- †Imagotaria
- †Kamtschatarctos
- †Pelagiarctos
- †Pliopedia
- †Oriensarctos
- Subfamily Dusignathinae
- †Pontolis
- †Dusignathus
- †Gomphotaria
- †Pseudobenus
- Subfamily Odobeninae
- †Aivukus
- †Alachtherium
- †Gingimanducans
- †Protodobenus
- †Prorosmarus
- †Valenictus
- Odobenus
Sources
- Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, ed. William F. Perrin, Bernd Würsig, J.G.M. Thewissen
- Marine Mammals, Evolutionary Biology, 2nd ed.
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