Pteronarctos
Extinct genus of mammals
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Pteronarctos is a genus of basal pinnipediform from middle Miocene marine deposits in Oregon.
| Pteronarctos Temporal range: Middle Miocene, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Clade: | Pinnipediformes |
| Genus: | †Pteronarctos Barnes, 1989 |
| Species | |
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Two species of Pteronarctos are known, P. goedertae and P. piersoni. Although originally described as a member of Enaliarctidae, cladistic analyses place Pteronarctos as sister to pinnipeds, in the clade Pinnipediformes.[1][2][3][4][5]
