Oriensarctos
Appearance
Oriensarctos Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Clade: | Pinnipedia |
Family: | Otariidae |
Genus: | †Oriensarctos Mitchell, 1968 |
Species: | †O. watasei
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Binomial name | |
†Oriensarctos watasei (Matsumoto, 1925)
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Species synonymy
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Oriensarctos is an extinct genus of pinniped that inhabited Japan during the Pleistocene epoch. It is a monotypic genus known from the species Oriensarctos watasei.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Oriensarctos watasei in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Mitchell, Edward (1 September 1968). "The Mio-Pliocene Pinniped Imagotaria". Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 25 (9): 1843–1900. doi:10.1139/f68-169. ISSN 0015-296X. Retrieved 13 November 2024 – via Canadian Science Publishing.