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Valenictus

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Extinct genus of carnivores

Valenictus Temporal range:Pliocene

Underside of skull
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Clade:	Pinnipedia
Family:	Odobenidae
Subfamily:	Odobeninae
Genus:	†Valenictus Mitchell, 1961
Species
†V. chulavistensis †V. imperialensis †V. sheperdi

Valenictus is anextinct genus ofOdobenidae from thePliocene ofCalifornia.

Valenictus sheperdi was discovered in2024 from thePurisima Formation inSanta Cruz, California.^[1] The fossil was discovered by thirteen-year old, amateur paleontologist Forrest Sheperd, from whom thespecific name is derived.^[2]

Valenictus is related to the modern-daywalrus, but lacked all teeth both in the lower and upper jaw except for the two tusks.^[3]

Genera ofpinnipeds and their stem-allies

†Amphicynodontidae	Allocyon Amphicticeps Amphicynodon Drassonax Kolponomos Pachycynodon Parictis Wangictis
†Semantoridae	Necromites Potamotherium Puijila Semantor

†Magnotherium
Monachini	†Afrophoca †Auroraphoca †Messiphoca Monachus Neomonachus †Eomonachus †Noriphoca †Palmidophoca †Pliophoca †Pontophoca †Pristiphoca †Terranectes
Miroungini	†Callophoca Mirounga
Lobodontini	†Acrophoca †Australophoca †Hadrokirus †Homiphoca Hydrurga Leptonychotes Lobodon Ommatophoca †Piscophoca †Properiptychus †Virginiaphoca

†Cryptophoca †Frisiphoca †Kawas †Leptophoca †Monachopsis †Monotherium †Phocanella †Prophoca †Sarmatonectes
Erignathini	Erignathus †Platyphoca
Cystophorini	Cystophora †Miophoca †Pachyphoca
Phocini	†Batavipusa †Gryphoca Halichoerus Histriophoca †Nanophoca Pagophilus Phoca †Planopusa †Praepusa Pusa

Otarioidea	see below↓

†Dusignathinae	Dusignathus Gomphotaria
Odobeninae	†Aivukus Odobenus †Ontocetus †Pliopedia †Protodobenus †Valenictus

†Thalassoleon
Zalophini	Eumetopias †Oriensarctos †Proterozetes Zalophus
Otariini	Arctocephalus Arctophoca †Hydrarctos Neophoca Otaria Phocarctos

Lists
List of pinnipeds List of fossil pinnipedimorphs

Taxon identifiers
Valenictus	Wikidata:Q7910699 GBIF:4833427 IRMNG:1010984 Open Tree of Life:4117920 Paleobiology Database:71854

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