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Enaliarctos
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Enaliarctos[2] is an extinct genus of pinnipedimorph, and may represent the ancestor to all pinnipeds. The five species in the genus Enaliarctos have been recovered from late Oligocene and early Miocene (ca. 28-17 million years ago) strata of California and Oregon.[1]
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Enaliarctos mealsi cast of a specimen from California. At the AMNH. | |
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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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