Enaliarctos
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Enaliarctos[1] is an extinct genus of pinnipedimorph, and may represent the ancestor to all pinnipeds. Prior to the discovery of Puijila, the five species in the genus Enaliarctos represented the oldest known pinnipedimorph fossils, having been recovered from late Oligocene and early Miocene (ca. 24–22 million years ago) strata of California and Oregon.
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E. mealsi fossil | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Clade: | Pinnipedimorpha |
Family: | †Enaliarctidae Mitchell & Tedford, 1973 |
Genus: | †Enaliarctos Mitchell & Tedford, 1973 |
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