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A New Late Miocene Odobenid (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Hokkaido, Japan Suggests Rapid Diversification of Basal Miocene Odobenids.

The modern walrus, Odobenus rosmarus, is specialized and only extant member of the family Odobenidae. They were much more diversified in the past, and at least 16 genera and 20 species of fossil walruses have been known. Although their diversity increased in the late Miocene and Pliocene (around 8-2...

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Autori principali: Yoshihiro Tanaka, Naoki Kohno
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Serie:PLoS ONE
Accesso online:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4526471?pdf=render
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