| Neotherium | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Parvorder: | Pinnipedia |
| Family: | Odobenidae |
| Genus: | †Neotherium Kellogg, 1931 |
| Species: | †N. mirum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Neotherium mirum Kellogg, 1931 | |
Neotherium mirum is anextinctspecies of basalwalrus.[1][2] It was smaller than living forms and it did not have long tusks. Males were larger than females.
Stable isotope evidence indicates that in the easternNorth Pacific,Neotherium had intermediate foraging habits between the nearshore specialistPithanotaria and the offshore specialistAllodesmus.[3]
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