Neotherium
Species of walrus (fossil)
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Neotherium mirum is an extinct species of basal walrus.[1][2] It was smaller than living forms and it did not have long tusks. Males were larger than females.
| Neotherium Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Parvorder: | Pinnipedia |
| Family: | Odobenidae |
| Genus: | †Neotherium Kellogg, 1931 |
| Species: | †N. mirum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Neotherium mirum Kellogg, 1931 | |
Palaeoecology
Stable isotope evidence indicates that in the eastern North Pacific, Neotherium had intermediate foraging habits between the nearshore specialist Pithanotaria and the offshore specialist Allodesmus.[3]
