Callorhinus gilmorei
| Callorhinus gilmorei Temporal range: Pliocene - Early Pleistocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Caniformia |
| Infraorder: | Arctoidea |
| Parvorder: | Pinnipedia |
| Family: | Otariidae |
| Genus: | Callorhinus |
| Species: | †C. gilmorei |
| Binomial name | |
| †Callorhinus gilmorei Berta & Deméré, 1986 | |
Callorhinus gilmorei is an extinct species of fur seal that lived in Japan and western North America during the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene.[1][2]
Callorhinus gilmorei was similar to its close relative, the living northern fur seal (C. ursinus). It mainly differed in having more primitive dental features, such as double-rooted cheek teeth, and in the structure of the mandible.[3]
References
- ^ Berta, A. & Churchill, M. (2012). "Pinniped Taxonomy: evidence for species and subspecies". Mammal Review. 42 (3): 207–234. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2907.2011.00193.x.
- ^ Berta, Annalisa (2017). The Rise of Marine Mammals: 50 Million Years of Evolution. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 98-100. ISBN 9781421423265.
- ^ Berta, Annalisa; Deméré, Thomas A. (1986). "Callorhinus gilmorei n. sp., (Carnivora: Otariidae) from the San Diego Formation (Blancan) and its implications for otariid phylogeny". Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 21 (7): 111–126. Retrieved 5 July 2024 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.