Odobenidae

Odobenidae Temporal range: Middle Miocene to present
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Caniformia
Superfamily:	Pinnipedia
Family:	Odobenidae
Genera
Odobenus (walrus) (see text for more)

Odobenidae is a family of Pinnipeds. The only living species is the walrus. In the past, however, the group was much more diverse, and includes more than ten fossil genera.

Taxonomy

All genera, except Odobenus, are extinct.

• †Archaeodobenus
• †Prototaria
• †Proneotherium
• †Neotherium
• †Imagotaria
• †Kamtschatarctos
• †Pelagiarctos
• †Pliopedia
• †Oriensarctos
• Subfamily Dusignathinae
  • †Pontolis
  • †Dusignathus
  • †Gomphotaria
  • †Pseudobenus
• Subfamily Odobeninae
  • †Aivukus
  • †Alachtherium
  • †Gingimanducans
  • †Protodobenus
  • †Prorosmarus
  • †Valenictus
  • Odobenus

Sources

• Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, ed. William F. Perrin, Bernd Würsig, J.G.M. Thewissen
• Marine Mammals, Evolutionary Biology, 2nd ed.