Biology:Desmatophocidae
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Desmatophocidae is an extinct family of pinnipeds closely related to either the eared seals and walruses[1] or to the earless seals.[2][3] These animals were the first group of large-bodied pinnipeds to evolve, first appearing in the Early Miocene, with no direct modern descendants.[4] Desmatophocids have only been found to live in the North Pacific, with fossils being found in Baja California, California, Oregon, Washington, and Japan.[5]
The group is generally known for having large orbits, bulbous cheek teeth, and forelimbs similar to extant eared seals.[4]
Genera
- Allodesmus
- Atopotarus
- Desmatophoca
- Eodesmus
References
- ↑ Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, ed. William F. Perrin, Bernd Würsig, J.G.M. Thewissen
- ↑ Park, T. et al. (1 July 2024). "Charting the course of pinniped evolution: insights from molecular phylogeny and fossil record integration". Evolution 78 (7): 1212-1226. doi:10.1093/evolut/qpae061.
- ↑ Berta, Annelisa. "Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 2nd ed. Pinniped Evolution". https://biology.sdsu.edu/faculty/BERTA_files/Berta_2009Pinniped%20Evolution.pdf.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Boessenecker, Robert W; Churchill, Morgan (2018-09-01). "The last of the desmatophocid seals: a new species of Allodesmus from the upper Miocene of Washington, USA, and a revision of the taxonomy of Desmatophocidae" (in en). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 184 (1): 211–235. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx098. ISSN 0024-4082. https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/184/1/211/4783131.
- ↑ Barnes, Lawrence G.; Hirota, Kiyoharu (1995). "Miocene pinnipeds of the otariid subfamily Allodesminae in the North Pacific Ocean: Systematics and relationships". The Island Arc 3 (4): 329–360. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1738.1994.tb00119.x. ISSN 1038-4871. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1738.1994.tb00119.x.
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