Pliopedia
Extinct species of carnivore
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Pliopedia pacifica is an extinct species of walrus found in what is now Central Valley, California, United States, which lived during the late Miocene. It was an amphibious carnivore.[1]
| Pliopedia Temporal range: Late Miocene | |
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| Pliopedia pacifica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Parvorder: | Pinnipedia |
| Family: | Odobenidae |
| Genus: | †Pliopedia Kellogg, 1921 |
| Species: | †P. pacifica |
| Binomial name | |
| †Pliopedia pacifica Kellogg, 1921 | |
Discovery
The holotype specimen (USNM 13627) was collected in 1909 by Robert Anderson, and consists of pieces of both forelimbs.[2]
Known Pliopedia fossils include a humerus, pieces of radius and ulna from both forelimbs, metacarpals, metatarsals, and phalanges. They were discovered in the Paso Robles Formation of San Luis Obispo County, California.
