| Semantor | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | †Semantoridae |
| Genus: | †Semantor |
| Species: | †S. macrurus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Semantor macrurus Orlov, 1931 | |
Semantor is an extinct genus of stem-pinniped that belongs to and is thetype genus for the familySemantoridae. It lived inKazakhstan during the upperMiocene epoch.[1] It is amonotypic genus containing one species,Semantor macrurus.[2]
It has characteristics similar to that ofotters andseals possibly occupying a similar life-style but part of a different clade of animals.[3]