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 genusofOdobenidae from the PlioceneofCalifornia.
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]
Genera of pinnipeds and their stem-allies
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