Biology:Pliopedia
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Short description: Extinct species of carnivore
| Pliopedia | |
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| Pliopedia pacifica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Clade: | Pinnipedia |
| Family: | Odobenidae |
| Genus: | †Pliopedia Kellogg, 1921 |
| Species: | †P. pacifica
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| Binomial name | |
| †Pliopedia pacifica Kellogg, 1921
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Pliopedia pacifica is an extinct species of walrus found in what is now Central Valley, California , United States , which lived during the late Miocene. It was an amphibious carnivore.[1]
Discovery
The holotype specimen (USNM 13627) was collected in 1909 by Robert Anderson, and consists of pieces of both forelimbs.[2]
Known Pliopedia fossils include a humerus, pieces of radius and ulna from both forelimbs, metacarpals, metatarsals, and phalanges. They were discovered in the Paso Robles Formation of San Luis Obispo County, California .
References
- ↑ Kellogg, R. (November 1921). "A New Pinniped from the Upper Pliocene of California". Journal of Mammalogy 2 (4): 212–226. doi:10.2307/1373555. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/90606.
- ↑ Repenning, C.A.; Tedford, R.H. (1977). "Otarioid Seals of the Neogene: Classification, Historical Zoogeography, and Temporal Correlation of the Sea Lions and Walruses from the North Pacific Region". Geological Survey. https://books.google.com/books?id=txX-XbYJrhMC&dq=pliopedia&pg=PA1.
Wikidata ☰ Q7205024 entry
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