Necromites
Extinct genus of stem-pinniped
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Necromites is extinct genus of stem-pinniped belonging to the extinct family Semantoridae during the upper Pliocene epoch.[1] It is a monotypic genus with the only species in this genus being Necromites nestoris.[2]
| Necromites Temporal range: Upper Pliocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | †Semantoridae |
| Genus: | †Necromites V. V. Bogachev. 1940 |
| Species: | †N. nestoris |
| Binomial name | |
| †Necromites nestoris V. V. Bogachev. 1940 | |
It was named in honor of Nestor Smirnov, a Soviet specialist in Pinnipeds.[2]