A new tuskless walrus from the Miocene of Orange County, California, with comments on the diversity and taxonomy of odobenids

We describe Titanotaria orangensis (gen. et. sp. nov.), a new species of walrus (odobenid) from the upper Miocene Oso Member of the Capistrano Formation of Orange County, California. This species is important because: (1) It is one of the best-known and latest-surviving tuskless walruses; (2) It rai...

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Autores principales: Magallanes, Isaac, Parham, James F., Santos, Gabriel-Philip, Velez-Juarbe, Jorge
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2018
Materias:
Evolutionary Studies
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6188011/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30345169
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5708

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6188011/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30345169
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5708

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