Pteronarctos Temporal range: Middle
Miocene,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Clade: | Pinnipediformes |
Genus: | †
Pteronarctos Barnes, 1989 |
Species | |
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Pteronarctos is a genus of basal pinnipediform from middle Miocene marine deposits in Oregon.
Two species of Pteronarctos are known, P. goedertae and P. piersoni. Although originally described as a member of Enaliarctidae, cladistic analyses place Pteronarctos as sister to pinnipeds, in the clade Pinnipediformes. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Pteronarctos Temporal range: Middle
Miocene,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Clade: | Pinnipediformes |
Genus: | †
Pteronarctos Barnes, 1989 |
Species | |
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Pteronarctos is a genus of basal pinnipediform from middle Miocene marine deposits in Oregon.
Two species of Pteronarctos are known, P. goedertae and P. piersoni. Although originally described as a member of Enaliarctidae, cladistic analyses place Pteronarctos as sister to pinnipeds, in the clade Pinnipediformes. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]