Callorhinus gilmorei

Callorhinus gilmorei
Temporal range: Pliocene - Early Pleistocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Clade: Pinnipedia
Family: Otariidae
Genus: Callorhinus
Species:
†C. gilmorei
Binomial name
†Callorhinus gilmorei
Berta & Deméré, 1986

Callorhinus gilmorei is an extinct species of fur seal that lived in Japan and western North America during the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene.[1][2]

Callorhinus gilmorei was similar to its close relative, the living northern fur seal (C. ursinus). It mainly differed in having more primitive dental features, such as double-rooted cheek teeth, and in the structure of the mandible.[3]

References

  1. ^ Berta, A. & Churchill, M. (2012). "Pinniped Taxonomy: evidence for species and subspecies". Mammal Review. 42 (3): 207–234. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2907.2011.00193.x.
  2. ^ Berta, Annalisa (2017). The Rise of Marine Mammals: 50 Million Years of Evolution. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 98-100. ISBN 9781421423265.
  3. ^ Berta, Annalisa; Deméré, Thomas A. (1986). "Callorhinus gilmorei n. sp., (Carnivora: Otariidae) from the San Diego Formation (Blancan) and its implications for otariid phylogeny". Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 21 (7): 111–126. Retrieved 5 July 2024 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.