Pacificotaria
| Pacificotaria Temporal range: Early-middle Miocene
| |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Order: | |
| Infraorder: | |
| (unranked): | |
| Genus: | |
| Binomial name | |
| Pacificotaria hadromma Barnes, 1992
| |
Pacificotaria is an extinct genus of basal pinnipediform that lived in Oregon during the early to middle Miocene epoch.[1] The only species of this genus is Pacificotaria hadromma making it a monotypic genus.[2]
It is a possible junior synonym of Pteronarctos. However it is distinguished from its protruding orbits that is positioned farther anteriorly on the cranium, its larger bony nares, a robust rostrum, a vaulted palate, and straighter upper cheek tooth rows.[1]
References
- ^ a b Berta, Annalisa; Churchill, Morgan; Boessenecker, Robert W. (2018-05-30). "The Origin and Evolutionary Biology of Pinnipeds: Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses". Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 46 (Volume 46, 2018): 203–228. Bibcode:2018AREPS..46..203B. doi:10.1146/annurev-earth-082517-010009. ISSN 0084-6597.
{{cite journal}}:|issue=has extra text (help) - ^ "Pacificotaria Barnes, 1992". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-12-17.