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(Redirected from Oriensarctos watasei) Extinct genus of mammals

Oriensarctos
Temporal range: Pleistocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Clade: Pinnipedia
Family: Otariidae
Genus: †Oriensarctos
Mitchell, 1968
Species: †O. watasei
Binomial name
†Oriensarctos watasei
(Matsumoto, 1925)
Synonyms

Species synonymy

  • Eumetopias watasei Matsumoto, 1925

Oriensarctos is an extinct genus of pinniped that inhabited Japan during the Pleistocene epoch. It is a monotypic genus known from the species Oriensarctos watasei.

References

  1. Oriensarctos watasei in the Paleobiology Database
  2. Mitchell, Edward (1 September 1968). "The Mio-Pliocene Pinniped Imagotaria". Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 25 (9): 1843–1900. doi:10.1139/f68-169. ISSN 0015-296X. Retrieved 13 November 2024 – via Canadian Science Publishing.
Taxon identifiers
Oriensarctos
Oriensarctos watasei


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