Odobenidae
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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 |
Genera | |
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[edit]
All genera, except Odobenus, are extinct.
- †Archaeodobenus
- †Prototaria
- †Proneotherium
- †Neotherium
- †Imagotaria
- †Kamtschatarctos
- †Pelagiarctos
- †Pliopedia
- †Oriensarctos
- Subfamily Dusignathinae
- Subfamily Odobeninae
Sources[edit]
- Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, ed. William F. Perrin, Bernd Würsig, J.G.M. Thewissen
- Marine Mammals, Evolutionary Biology, 2nd ed.