-
appearing in the
Early Miocene, with no
direct modern descendants.
Desmatophocids have only been
found to live in the
North Pacific, with
fossils being...
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monophyletic clade of
aquatic arctoids.
There are a few
authorities that
place desmatophocids and
odobenids as
sister taxa to
Phocidae in the
clade Phocomorpha based...
- S2CID 10389875. Boessenecker, R. W.; Churchill, M. (2018). "The last of the
desmatophocid seals: a new
species of
Allodesmus from the
upper Miocene of Washington...
- deep-diving
hunting strategies.
Atopotarus can be
distinguished from
other desmatophocids based on
differences in the
skull and teeth.
Notable differences in...
- 3:329-360
Robert W. Boessenecker;
Morgan Churchill (2018). "The last of the
desmatophocid seals: a new
species of
Allodesmus from the
upper Miocene of Washington...
- (2020-07-03). "The Dawn of Desmatophocidae: A New
Species of
Basal Desmatophocid Seal (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the
Miocene of Oregon, U.S.A." Journal...
- 298(5), 878-902. Boessenecker, R. &
Churchill M. (2018). The last of the
desmatophocid seals: A new
species of
Allodesmus form the
upper Miocene of Washington...
-
Hopkins (2020). "The dawn of Desmatophocidae: a new
species of
basal desmatophocid seal (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the
Miocene of Oregon, U.S.A.". Journal...
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Robert W. Boessenecker;
Morgan Churchill (2018). "The last of the
desmatophocid seals: a new
species of
Allodesmus from the
upper Miocene of Washington...
- (3): 155–185. Boessenecker, R.; Churchill, M. (2018). "The last of the
desmatophocid seals: a new
species of
Allodesmus from the
upper Miocene of Washington...
