Kamtschatarctos
Kamtschatarctos is an extinct genus of pinniped 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 Temporal range: Early Miocene, | |
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| Genus: | †Kamtschatarctos Dubrovo, 1981 |
| Species: | †K. sinelnikovae |
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| Kamtschatarctos sinelnikovae Dubrovo, 1981 | |
Discovery
K. sinelnikovae is known from a partially complete skeleton, discovered in the Etolon Formation in Russia.
Taxonomy
Kamtschatarctos is a relatively basal species of odobenid.
References
- Boessenecker, Robert W.; Churchill, Morgan (2013-01-16). "A Reevaluation of the Morphology, Paleoecology, and Phylogenetic Relationships of the Enigmatic Walrus Pelagiarctos". PLOS ONE. 8 (1): e54311. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...854311B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054311. PMC 3546998. PMID 23342129.
- Horikawa, Hideo (2006-04-05). "A primitive walrus of Early Pliocene age from Japan". Island Arc: 309–328. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1738.1994.tb00118.x. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
- "Fossilworks: Kamtschatarctos sinelnikovae". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
- "†Kamtschatarctos Dubrovo 1981 (walrus)". paleobiodb.org. Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
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