Odobenidae is a family ofpinnipeds, of which the only extant species is thewalrus (Odobenus rosmarus). In the past, however, the group was much more diverse, and includes more than a dozen fossil genera.
Odobenidae Temporal range:Middle Miocene to present | |
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Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Parvorder: | Pinnipedia |
Superfamily: | Otarioidea |
Family: | Odobenidae Allen, 1880 |
Genera | |
Odobenus (walrus) |
Taxonomy
editAll genera, exceptOdobenus, are extinct.[1]
- †Archaeodobenus
- †Prototaria
- †Proneotherium
- †Nanodobenus
- †Neotherium
- †Imagotaria
- †Kamtschatarctos
- †Pelagiarctos
- †Pontolis
- †Pseudotaria
- †Titanotaria
- Clade Neodobenia[2]
- †Gomphotaria
- Subfamily Dusignathinae
- Subfamily Odobeninae
In re-analyzingPelagiarctos, Boessenecker et al. (2013) proposed the phylogenetic relationships of Odobenidae as follows (this analysis excludedArchaeodobenus, Titanotaria, Nanodobenus, andPliopedia; and includedEnaliarctos, Pteronarctos, Allodesmus, Desmatophoca, Callorhinus, Monachus, andErignathus):[3]
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References
edit- ^Berta A, Sumich J, Kovacs K (December 2005).Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology (2nd ed.). Elsevier/Academic Press.ISBN 978-0-08-048934-6.
- ^Magallanes I, Parham JF, Santos GP, Velez-Juarbe J (2018)."A new tuskless walrus from the Miocene of Orange County, California, with comments on the diversity and taxonomy of odobenids".PeerJ.6: e5708.doi:10.7717/peerj.5708.PMC 6188011.PMID 30345169.
- ^Boessenecker RW, Churchill M (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.
Further reading
edit- Jouventin P, Cornet A (1981-01-29)."The Sociobiology of Pinnipeds". In Rosenblatt JS, Hinde RA, Beer C, Busnell MC (eds.).Advances in the Study of Behavior. Vol. 11. Academy Press. p. 122.ISBN 0-12-004511-7.