Valenictus Temporal range: Pliocene
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Clade: | Pinnipedia |
Family: | Odobenidae |
Subfamily: | Odobeninae |
Genus: | †Valenictus Mitchell, 1961 |
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†V. chulavistensis |
Valenictus is an extinct genus of Odobenidae from the Pliocene of California.
Description
[edit]Valenictus is related to the modern-day walrus, but lacked all teeth both in the lower and upper jaw except for the two tusks.[1]