Desmatophocidae

Desmatophocidae is an extinct family of pinnipeds closely related to the eared seals and walruses.[1]

Desmatophocidae
Temporal range: Early to Late Miocene
Skeleton of Allodesmus sp. at the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan
Holotype skeleton of Atopotarus courseni at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Clade: Pinnipedia
Superfamily: Otarioidea
Family: †Desmatophocidae
Genera

Allodesmus
Atopotarus
 Desmatophoca
Eodesmus

Genera

References
  1. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, ed. William F. Perrin, Bernd Würsig, J.G.M. Thewissen
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