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| Pliopedia Temporal range: LateMiocene | |
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| Pliopedia pacifica | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Clade: | Pinnipedia |
| Family: | Odobenidae |
| Genus: | †Pliopedia Kellogg, 1921 |
| Species: | †P. pacifica |
| Binomial name | |
| †Pliopedia pacifica Kellogg, 1921 | |
Pliopedia pacifica is anextinct species ofwalrus found in what is nowCentral Valley,California,United States, which lived during the lateMiocene. It was an amphibiouscarnivore.[1]
The holotype specimen (USNM 13627) was collected in 1909 by Robert Anderson, and consists of pieces of both forelimbs.[2]
KnownPliopedia fossils include a humerus, pieces of radius and ulna from both forelimbs, metacarpals, metatarsals, and phalanges. They were discovered in thePaso Robles Formation ofSan Luis Obispo County,California.
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