Youngest record of the extinct walrus Ontocetus emmonsi from the Early Pleistocene of South Carolina and a review of North Atlantic walrus biochronology

Youngest record of the extinct walrus Ontocetus emmonsi from the Early Pleistocene of South Carolina and a review of North Atlantic walrus biochronology

The extinct North Atlantic walrus Ontocetus emmonsi is widely reported from Pliocene marine deposits in the eastern USA (New Jersey, Florida), Belgium, Netherlands, Great Britain, and Morocco. Ontocetus was slightly larger than the modern walrus Odobenus rosmarus, may have had wider climatic tolera...

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Main Authors: Sarah J. Boessenecker, Robert W. Boessenecker, Jonathan H. Geisler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Paleobiology PAS 2018-06-01
Series:Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
Subjects:
Mammalia
Carnivora
Odobenidae
Ontocetus
Odobenus
Pliocene
Pleistocene
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app63/app004542018.pdf

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