Aivukus
Appearance
Aivukus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Clade: | Pinnipedia |
Family: | Odobenidae |
Genus: | †Aivukus Repenning & Tedford, 1977 |
Species | |
A. cedrosensis |
Aivukus is an extinct genus of walrus from the Miocene.
Etymology
[edit]The generic name is derived from the Inuit word for walrus, aivuk.
Description
[edit]From fossil records it was at least as big as, if not slightly bigger than, the modern walrus, and, like the modern walrus, was probably a molluscivore.
Sources
[edit]- Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology by Annalisa Berta, James L. Sumich
- Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals by William F. Perrin, Bernd Wursig, and J. G.M. Thewissen