Valenictus
Extinct genus of carnivores
Valenictus Temporal range: Pliocene | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Clade: | Pinnipedia |
Family: | Odobenidae |
Subfamily: | Odobeninae |
Genus: | †Valenictus Mitchell, 1961 |
Species | |
†V. chulavistensis |
Valenictus is an extinct genus of Odobenidae from the Pliocene of California.
Description
Valenictus is related to the modern-day walrus, but lacked all teeth both in the lower and upper jaw except for the two tusks.[1]
References
- ^ "Walrus". The Nat. San Diego Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
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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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