| Kamtschatarctos
Temporal range: Early Miocene, 15.97–11.608 Ma
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Clade: | Pinnipedia |
| Family: | Odobenidae |
| Genus: | †Kamtschatarctos Dubrovo, 1981 |
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†K. sinelnikovae
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| †Kamtschatarctos sinelnikovae Dubrovo, 1981 | |
Kamtschatarctos is an extinct genusofpinniped that lived approximately 15.97 to 11.608 mya during the Early Miocene in the Kavran-Ukhtolok Bay of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.[1][2][3] It belonged to the family Odobenidae, the only extant species of which is the walrus.[4]
Kamtschatarctos sinelnikovae is known from a partially complete skeleton, discovered in the Etolon Formation in Russia.
Kamtschatarctos is a relatively basal species of odobenid.
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