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Neotherium

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Species of walrus (fossil)

Neotherium
Temporal range:Middle Miocene
Scientific classificationEdit this 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.

Palaeoecology

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Stable isotope evidence indicates that in the easternNorth Pacific,Neotherium had intermediate foraging habits between the nearshore specialistPithanotaria and the offshore specialistAllodesmus.[3]

References

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  1. ^Naoki Kohno, Lawrence G. Barnes & Kiyoharu Hirota (1994). "Miocene fossil pinnipeds of the generaPrototaria andNeotherium (Carnivora; Otariidae; Imagotariinae) in the North Pacific Ocean: Evolution, relationships and distribution".The Island Arc.3 (4):285–308.Bibcode:1994IsArc...3..285K.doi:10.1111/j.1440-1738.1994.tb00117.x.
  2. ^Berta, Annalisa. 2002b. "Pinniped Evolution". InEncyclopedia of Marine Mammals, eds. Perrin, William F.,Bernd Würsig, and J. G. M.Thewissen. Academic Press.
  3. ^Valenzuela-Toro, Ana M.; Pyenson, Nicholas D.; Costa, Daniel P.; Clementz, Mark; Koch, Paul L. (1 September 2024)."Stable isotope evidence for resource partitioning in extinct marine carnivores".Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.649 112302.doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112302. Retrieved12 November 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
Genera ofpinnipeds and their stem-allies
Amphicynodontidae
Semantoridae
Monachini
Miroungini
Lobodontini
Erignathini
Cystophorini
Phocini
Otarioidea
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Kolponomos newportensis

Puijila darwini

Acrophoca longirostris
Desmatophocidae
Odobenidae
Neodobenia
Dusignathinae
Odobeninae
Panotariidae
Otariidae
Callorhinae
Otariinae
Zalophini
Otariini
Gomphotaria pugnax
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Neotherium mirum
Neotherium


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