Pliopedia
Extinct species of carnivore
Pliopedia Temporal range: Late Miocene | |
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Pliopedia pacifica | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Clade: | Pinnipedia |
Family: | Odobenidae |
Genus: | †Pliopedia Kellogg, 1921 |
Species: | †P. pacifica |
Binomial name | |
†Pliopedia pacifica Kellogg, 1921 |
Pliopedia pacifica is an extinct species of walrus found in what is now Central Valley, California, United States, which lived during the late Miocene. It was an amphibious carnivore.[1]
Discovery
The holotype specimen (USNM 13627) was collected in 1909 by Robert Anderson, and consists of pieces of both forelimbs.[2]
Known Pliopedia fossils include a humerus, pieces of radius and ulna from both forelimbs, metacarpals, metatarsals, and phalanges. They were discovered in the Paso Robles Formation of San Luis Obispo County, California.
References
- ^ Kellogg, R. (November 1921). "A New Pinniped from the Upper Pliocene of California". Journal of Mammalogy. 2 (4): 212–226. doi:10.2307/1373555. JSTOR 1373555.
- ^ Repenning, C.A.; Tedford, R.H. (1977). "Otarioid Seals of the Neogene: Classification, Historical Zoogeography, and Temporal Correlation of the Sea Lions and Walruses from the North Pacific Region". Geological Survey.
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Genera of pinnipeds and their stem-allies
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Carnivora
- Suborder: Caniformia
- Infraorder: Arctoidea
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